The History of Ancient Europe: With a View of the Revolutions in Asia and Africa. In a Series of Letters to a Young Nobleman, Nide 1H. Maxwell, Columbia-house, 1801 |
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Sivu 28
... battle , the power of the victorious Medes , and over - ran all the countries between the Caspian sea and coast of Syria . Of Upper Asia they remained mas- ters twenty - eight years ; and so long did they con- greatly improved their ...
... battle , the power of the victorious Medes , and over - ran all the countries between the Caspian sea and coast of Syria . Of Upper Asia they remained mas- ters twenty - eight years ; and so long did they con- greatly improved their ...
Sivu 29
... battle , in the sixth campaign , says Herodotus , the day was suddenly changed into night ; an appearance which so affected them , that they desisted from action . ( Herodot . ubi sup . ) A suspension of hostilities took place ; and ...
... battle , in the sixth campaign , says Herodotus , the day was suddenly changed into night ; an appearance which so affected them , that they desisted from action . ( Herodot . ubi sup . ) A suspension of hostilities took place ; and ...
Sivu 51
... battle , he commanded to be carved , along with the usual inscription , the genital parts of a woman , on such pillar , as a memorial of their cowardice 188 In some countries , Sesostris likewise ordered his own statue , in stone , to ...
... battle , he commanded to be carved , along with the usual inscription , the genital parts of a woman , on such pillar , as a memorial of their cowardice 188 In some countries , Sesostris likewise ordered his own statue , in stone , to ...
Sivu 71
... battle ; for field - mice , actuat- ed with rage against the enemy , had entered the As- syrian camp in the night , and gnawed the quivers , bows , and thongs of the shields , of the hostile army : 269. Id . ibid . Josephus tells us ...
... battle ; for field - mice , actuat- ed with rage against the enemy , had entered the As- syrian camp in the night , and gnawed the quivers , bows , and thongs of the shields , of the hostile army : 269. Id . ibid . Josephus tells us ...
Sivu 77
... battle . But the Egyptians thought differently . Diodorus has at tempted to vindicate their policy ; not only in this instance , but in their whole scheme of hereditary professions ; as contributing at once to public quiet , and to the ...
... battle . But the Egyptians thought differently . Diodorus has at tempted to vindicate their policy ; not only in this instance , but in their whole scheme of hereditary professions ; as contributing at once to public quiet , and to the ...
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Sivu 402 - Ye mountains of Gilboa, let there be no dew, neither let there be rain upon you, nor fields of offerings: for there the shield of the mighty is vilely cast away, the shield of Saul as though he had not been anointed with oil.
Sivu 400 - The enemy said, I will pursue, I will overtake, I will divide the spoil; my lust shall be satisfied upon them; I will draw my sword, my hand shall destroy them.
Sivu 130 - And mount Sinai was altogether on a smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire ; and the smoke thereof ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount quaked greatly...
Sivu 130 - And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud ; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.
Sivu 400 - And with the blast of thy nostrils the waters were gathered together; the floods stood upright as an heap and the depths were congealed in the heart of the sea.
Sivu 129 - When the Most High divided to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the sons of Adam, He set the bounds of the people According to the number of the children of Israel : For the Lord's portion is his people ; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
Sivu 402 - Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Sivu 402 - Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives, and in their death they were not divided : they were swifter than eagles, they were stronger than lions.
Sivu 400 - Pharaoh's chariots and his host hath he cast into the sea: His chosen captains also are drowned in the Red Sea.
Sivu 400 - Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song unto the Lord, and spake, saying, I will sing unto the Lord, for he hath triumphed gloriously: The horse and his rider hath he thrown into the sea.