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Page 105
... Apries , who , next to his grandfather Psam- undue partiality . When they became subject to the Ro- mans , some of the great men of Rome occasionally wrote to them in behalf of some of the combatants : but the judges of the games made a ...
... Apries , who , next to his grandfather Psam- undue partiality . When they became subject to the Ro- mans , some of the great men of Rome occasionally wrote to them in behalf of some of the combatants : but the judges of the games made a ...
Page 106
... Apries sent an army against the Cyreneans , rece severe check . The Egyptians ascribed thi fortune to his own want of conduct ; and in ing themselves marked out for destructio volted from his authority . They suppos views were , by ...
... Apries sent an army against the Cyreneans , rece severe check . The Egyptians ascribed thi fortune to his own want of conduct ; and in ing themselves marked out for destructio volted from his authority . They suppos views were , by ...
Page 107
... Apries ; on intelligence of this event , the king sent Patarbemis , one of the most faithful of those who yet adhered to him , with directions to bring Amasis alive to his presence . Arriving where he was , he called to Amasis . Amasis ...
... Apries ; on intelligence of this event , the king sent Patarbemis , one of the most faithful of those who yet adhered to him , with directions to bring Amasis alive to his presence . Arriving where he was , he called to Amasis . Amasis ...
Page 108
... Apries on this , put himself at the head of his Ionian and Carian auxiliaries , who were with him to the amount of thirty thousand men , and marched against the Ægyptians . De- parting from Sais , where he had a magnificent palace , he ...
... Apries on this , put himself at the head of his Ionian and Carian auxiliaries , who were with him to the amount of thirty thousand men , and marched against the Ægyptians . De- parting from Sais , where he had a magnificent palace , he ...
Page 113
... Apries with his auxiliaries , and Ama- sis at the head of the Ægyptians , met and fought at Momemphis . The mercenaries displayed great valour , but , being much inferior in number , were ultimately defeated . Apries is said to have en ...
... Apries with his auxiliaries , and Ama- sis at the head of the Ægyptians , met and fought at Momemphis . The mercenaries displayed great valour , but , being much inferior in number , were ultimately defeated . Apries is said to have en ...
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Page 138 - O! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on earth, this fair defect Of nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine; Or find some other way to generate Mankind?
Page 337 - I am, and none else beside me ; I shall not sit as a widow, neither shall I know the loss of children :" but these two things shall come to thee in a moment in one day, the loss of children...
Page 436 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Page 263 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 32 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Page 32 - Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away. 5 When they told it unto David, he sent to meet them, because the men were greatly ashamed: and the king said, Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
Page 152 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...
Page 5 - And ye shall tell my father of all my glory in Egypt, and of all that ye have seen; and ye shall haste and bring down my father hither.
Page 194 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does Man, her slave, oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless ; Still various, and inconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes her wings, and will not stay, I puff the prostitute away; The little or the much she gave is quietly resign'd ; Content with poverty my soul I arm, And Virtue,...
Page 101 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.