A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans. Together with an Account of Coins, Weights and Measures, with Tabular Values of the Same, Nide 2Harper & Bros., 1841 - 1423 sivua |
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Sivu 777
... monarch , country inhabited by the Kittim , which is supposed to who , taking advantage of the strength of the country answer to Macedonia ; but still more from the fact , and the warlike disposition of the inhabitants , reduced that ...
... monarch , country inhabited by the Kittim , which is supposed to who , taking advantage of the strength of the country answer to Macedonia ; but still more from the fact , and the warlike disposition of the inhabitants , reduced that ...
Sivu 779
... monarch of the Macrobians , and mythological topics , explanations of many pas- to whom they brought presents as if ambassadors from sages of ancient authors , remarks on the manners and Cambyses , for what length of time his subjects ...
... monarch of the Macrobians , and mythological topics , explanations of many pas- to whom they brought presents as if ambassadors from sages of ancient authors , remarks on the manners and Cambyses , for what length of time his subjects ...
Sivu 782
... monarch passed a great part of the concluding years of his reign . The death of his old favourite revived all the esteem which Augustus had once entertained for him ; and , many years afterward , when stung with regret at having ...
... monarch passed a great part of the concluding years of his reign . The death of his old favourite revived all the esteem which Augustus had once entertained for him ; and , many years afterward , when stung with regret at having ...
Sivu 787
... monarch showed it to all the Roman ar- tists , and ordered them to exert all their skill , and make eleven other shields exactly resembling it . All declined the attempt , however , except Mamurius , who was so successful in the ...
... monarch showed it to all the Roman ar- tists , and ordered them to exert all their skill , and make eleven other shields exactly resembling it . All declined the attempt , however , except Mamurius , who was so successful in the ...
Sivu 803
... monarch did not live to see the downfall of Carthage , both died during his absence . With the aid , however , having expired a short time before its capture , at the of Bocchus , king of Mauretania , he obtained posses- age of ninety ...
... monarch did not live to see the downfall of Carthage , both died during his absence . With the aid , however , having expired a short time before its capture , at the of Bocchus , king of Mauretania , he obtained posses- age of ninety ...
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Sivu 796 - And Abraham gat up early in the morning to the place where he stood before the LORD : and he looked toward Sodom and Gomorrah, and toward all the land of the plain, and beheld, and, lo, the smoke of the country went up as the smoke of a furnace.
Sivu 1096 - Vesuvius flamed out in several places with much violence, which the darkness of the night contributed to render still more visible and dreadful.
Sivu 1096 - But my uncle, in order to soothe the apprehensions of his friend, assured him it was only the burning of the villages, which the country people had abandoned to the flames; after this he retired to rest, and it was most certain he was so little discomposed as to fall into a deep sleep; for, being pretty fat, and breathing hard, those who attended without actually heard him snore.
Sivu 1096 - Bassus, who was in the utmost alarm at the imminent danger which threatened her ; for her villa being situated at the foot of Mount Vesuvius, there was no way to escape but by sea : she earnestly entreated him, therefore, to come to her assistance. He accordingly changed his first design, and what he began with a philosophical, he pursued with an heroical turn of mind.
Sivu 1096 - ... or fly -to the open fields, where the calcined stones and cinders, though light indeed, yet fell in large showers, and threatened destruction. In this distress they resolved for the fields, as the less dangerous situation of the two — a resolution which, while the rest of the company were hurried into it by their fears, my uncle embraced upon cool and deliberate consideration. "
Sivu 1096 - It appeared sometimes bright, and sometimes dark and spotted, as it was either more or less impregnated with earth and cinders. This extraordinary phenomenon excited my uncle's philosophical curiosity to take a nearer view of it. He ordered a light vessel to be got ready, and gave me the liberty, if I thought proper, to attend him. I rather chose to continue my studies ; for, as it happened, he had given me an employment of that kind. As he was coming out of the house he received a note from Rectina,...
Sivu 1096 - He was, at. that time, with the fleet under his command, at Misenum, On the 24th of August, about one in the afternoon, my mother desired him to observe a cloud, which appeared of a very unusual size and shape. He had just returned from taking the benefit of the sun, and, after bathing himself in cold water, and taking a slight repast, was retired to his study.
Sivu 797 - Every thing about it was, in the highest degree, grand and awful. Its desolate, although majestic features, are well suited to the tales related concerning it by the inhabitants of the country, who all speak of it with terror, seeming to shrink from the narrative of its deceitful allurements and deadly influence. " Beautiful fruit," say they, " grows upon its shores, which is no sooner touched, than it becomes dust and bitter ashes.
Sivu 797 - I was desirous of ascertaining the truth of the assertion, that "nothing sinks in the Dead Sea." I swam a considerable distance from the shore ; and about four yards from the beach...
Sivu 941 - Heraclitus as the opinion of a particular sect); and upon whom the Orphic theologers founded their hopes of the purification and ultimate immortality of the soul. But their mode of celebrating this worship was very different from the popular rites of Bacchus. The Orphic worshippers of Bacchus did not indulge in unrestrained pleasure and frantic enthusiasm, but rather aimed at an ascetic purity of life and manners.