A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and AsiaWalton and Maberly, 1864 |
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Side xi
... chief civil and military offices - The government of the oligarchy - Successful foreign policy — Internal affairs - Financial administra- tion - Increase of corruption - Public works - The aqueducts of Rome - Party of opposition and ...
... chief civil and military offices - The government of the oligarchy - Successful foreign policy — Internal affairs - Financial administra- tion - Increase of corruption - Public works - The aqueducts of Rome - Party of opposition and ...
Side 17
... chief intellectual culture , as his speeches constantly attest , was derived from the history of Thucydides . He well knew the truth of the maxim , which a great soldier of our age has prescribed even for the military profession ...
... chief intellectual culture , as his speeches constantly attest , was derived from the history of Thucydides . He well knew the truth of the maxim , which a great soldier of our age has prescribed even for the military profession ...
Side 19
... chief leaders were the orator Eubulus and the general PHOCION , the last of that race of statesmen who led the people both in the field and in the assembly . His unsullied character - the more conspicuous from the venality of other ...
... chief leaders were the orator Eubulus and the general PHOCION , the last of that race of statesmen who led the people both in the field and in the assembly . His unsullied character - the more conspicuous from the venality of other ...
Side 20
... chief Strategus ( General ) * almost without interruption . He was elected no less than forty - five times , with- out once soliciting the people's choice . His chief military friend and pattern was Chabrias , under whom he ...
... chief Strategus ( General ) * almost without interruption . He was elected no less than forty - five times , with- out once soliciting the people's choice . His chief military friend and pattern was Chabrias , under whom he ...
Side 24
... chief offender . But the people , overjoyed at the thought of peace , passed a vote of thanks to Philip , and summoned the Phocians to surrender Delphi ; and , in the following year , Eschines gained an easy victory over Timarchus , who ...
... chief offender . But the people , overjoyed at the thought of peace , passed a vote of thanks to Philip , and summoned the Phocians to surrender Delphi ; and , in the following year , Eschines gained an easy victory over Timarchus , who ...
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A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From ... Philip Smith Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1865 |
A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From ... Philip Smith Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1865 |
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Achæan Africa Agathocles Alexander Alexander's alliance allies Alps already ancient Antigonus Antiochus Antipater Apennines army Asia Athenians Athens attack battle called Campania Carthage Carthaginians Cassander cavalry century chief citizens coast colonies Comitia command confederacy conquered conquest consul Curiæ Darius death decemvirs defeat Demetrius Demosthenes Egypt election empire enemy Etruria Etruscans Fabius favour fleet force formed gained garrison Gauls Greece Greek Hamilcar Hannibal Hasdrubal Hellenic hills History of Rome horse Iberians infantry Italian Italy king land language Latin Latium latter league legend Lilybæum Lysimachus Macedonian marched Masinissa Meanwhile mercenaries military Mommsen nations Palatine patricians peace peninsula Persian Philip Phocion Phoenician plain plebeians political possession provinces Ptolemy Punic Pyrrhus race reign republic river Roman Rome Sabine Samnites Scipio seems Senate sent Servius Servius Tullius Sicily siege soldiers Spain Sparta success Tarquin temple territory Thebes Tiber tion traced tribes tribunes Tyre victory whole
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Side 30 - 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.
Side 224 - Foul outrage which thou knowest not, which thou shalt never know. Then clasp me round the neck once more, and give me one more kiss; And now mine own dear little girl, there is no way but this." With that he lifted high the steel, and smote her in the side, And in her blood she sank to earth, and with one sob she died.
Side 128 - As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever...
Side 343 - Each cast at the other, as when two black clouds, With Heaven's artillery fraught, come rattling on Over the Caspian ; then stand front to front Hovering a space, till winds the signal blow To join their dark encounter in mid air...
Side 276 - And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron: forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and subdueth all things: and as iron that breaketh all these, shall it break in pieces and bruise. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters...
Side 30 - And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Side 36 - Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
Side 140 - The Niobe of nations, — there she stands, Childless and crownless, in her voiceless woe ; An empty urn within her withered hands, Whose holy dust was scattered long ago ; The Scipios...
Side 202 - The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of...
Side 80 - 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.