The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 5Pub. and sold by Etheridge and Bliss, 1808 |
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... formed a powerful alliance against that prince . false report , which prevailed of his death , inspired the Thebans with a boldness that proved their ruin . They cut to pieces part of the Macedonian garrison in their citadel . Demos ...
... formed a powerful alliance against that prince . false report , which prevailed of his death , inspired the Thebans with a boldness that proved their ruin . They cut to pieces part of the Macedonian garrison in their citadel . Demos ...
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... formed under Philip , and , to say all in a word , led by Alexander . The deliberations of the assem- bly were therefore very short , and that prince was unanimously appointed generalissimo against the Persians . Immediately a great ...
... formed under Philip , and , to say all in a word , led by Alexander . The deliberations of the assem- bly were therefore very short , and that prince was unanimously appointed generalissimo against the Persians . Immediately a great ...
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... formed to possess all things ; such is his destiny , in which he makes his happiness to consist : but then in case he should not be able to compass his ends , he is also sensible , that to be happy , he must endeavour to bring his mind ...
... formed to possess all things ; such is his destiny , in which he makes his happiness to consist : but then in case he should not be able to compass his ends , he is also sensible , that to be happy , he must endeavour to bring his mind ...
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... the valor of the Macedonians . The enemy's horse which was very numerous , lined the whole shore , and formed a large front , in order to oppose Alexander , wherever he should endeavour to pass ; and 34 HISTORY OF ALEXANDER.
... the valor of the Macedonians . The enemy's horse which was very numerous , lined the whole shore , and formed a large front , in order to oppose Alexander , wherever he should endeavour to pass ; and 34 HISTORY OF ALEXANDER.
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... to Persia . We see on this occasion the inestimable worth of a man of merit , whose death is sometimes the ruin of a state . The loss of Memnon frustrated the execution of the plan he had formed ; for Darius not 48 HISTORY OF ALEXANDER .
... to Persia . We see on this occasion the inestimable worth of a man of merit , whose death is sometimes the ruin of a state . The loss of Memnon frustrated the execution of the plan he had formed ; for Darius not 48 HISTORY OF ALEXANDER .
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Page 131 - And as I was considering, behold, an hegoat came from the west, on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
Page 290 - Thus saith the Lord to his anointed, to Cyrus, whose right hand I have holden, to subdue nations before him ; and I will loose the loins of kings, to open before him the twoleaved gates ; and the gates shall not be shut...
Page 348 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 291 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight ; I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron.
Page 206 - Drangae, the Arachosii, and several other nations, into which his army marched with greater speed than people generally travel. He frequently would pursue an enemy for whole days and nights together, almost without suffering his troops to take any rest. By this prodigious rapidity, he came unawares upon nations, who thought him at a great distance, and subdued them before they had time to put themselves in a posture of defence.
Page 131 - And I saw him come close unto the ram, and he was moved with choler against him, and smote the ram, and brake his two horns : and there was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him : and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand. Therefore the he goat waxed very great : and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Page 130 - Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns : and the two horns were high ; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last.
Page 35 - He himself led on the right wing into the river, followed by the rest of the troops ; the trumpets sounding, and the whole army raising cries of joy. The Persians seeing this detachment advance...
Page 348 - This is the purpose that is purposed upon the whole earth: and this is the hand that is stretched out upon all the nations. For the LORD of hosts hath purposed, and who shall disannul it? and his hand is stretched out, and who shall turn it back?
Page 20 - ... and who were so much the greater objects of compassion, as they had been no ways concerned in the revolt. He concluded with reminding Alexander, that Thebes, which had given birth to so many gods and heroes, several of whom were that king's ancestors, had also been the seat of his father Philip's rising glory, and like a second native country to him.