The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volume 10James, John and Paul Knapton, 1736 |
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Pagina 18
... greatest of all misfortunes for Syracufe , had the Cartha- ginians entirely ruined , or even weakned the Romans too much . That city would have immediately felt all the weight of Carthage ; as it was fituated over against it , and lay ...
... greatest of all misfortunes for Syracufe , had the Cartha- ginians entirely ruined , or even weakned the Romans too much . That city would have immediately felt all the weight of Carthage ; as it was fituated over against it , and lay ...
Pagina 48
... greatest danger . Archimedes had placed lofty and strong machines behind the walls , which fuddenly letting fall vaft beams , with immense weight at the end of them upon the ships , funk them to the bottom . Befides this , he caufed an ...
... greatest danger . Archimedes had placed lofty and strong machines behind the walls , which fuddenly letting fall vaft beams , with immense weight at the end of them upon the ships , funk them to the bottom . Befides this , he caufed an ...
Pagina 68
... greatest city of Greece , and the most flou- rifhing of old in the ftudies of fcience , would not have known the treasure it poffeffed , if a man , born in a country it confidered almost as barbarous , had not difcovered for it the tomb ...
... greatest city of Greece , and the most flou- rifhing of old in the ftudies of fcience , would not have known the treasure it poffeffed , if a man , born in a country it confidered almost as barbarous , had not difcovered for it the tomb ...
Pagina 76
... greatest part of the Sicilian cities had expreffed an unex- ampled attachment , fidelity , and affection for the Romans . The island was afterwards a kind of pass for their troops into Africa ; and Rome would not fo easily have reduced ...
... greatest part of the Sicilian cities had expreffed an unex- ampled attachment , fidelity , and affection for the Romans . The island was afterwards a kind of pass for their troops into Africa ; and Rome would not fo easily have reduced ...
Pagina 98
... greatest crimes . Sylla , in confequence , was perpetually in ex- treme want of money to fatisfy his troops , and then more than ever for carrying on the fiege he had engaged in ; the fuccefs of which feemed to him of the highest ...
... greatest crimes . Sylla , in confequence , was perpetually in ex- treme want of money to fatisfy his troops , and then more than ever for carrying on the fiege he had engaged in ; the fuccefs of which feemed to him of the highest ...
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Achradina Afia againſt alfo almoſt ambaffadors amongſt antient Antony Archelaus Archimedes Ariobarzanes Armenia arms army battle becauſe befides Bithynia Cæfar Cappadocia Carthaginians caufed cauſed Cicero Cleopatra confiderable confifted death defign defired Egypt enemy Epicydes eſtabliſhed faid fame fays fecond feemed felf felves fenate fent ferved feven feveral fhall fhips fhould fide fiege filk filver firft firſt flaves fleet foldiers folely fome foon ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuffer fupplied fupport gave gold greateſt Hiero hiftory himſelf Hippocrates honour horfe horſe hundred intereft itſelf king leaſt Lucullus mafter Marcellus Mithridates moft moſt muſt neceffary obferved occafion paffed perfon pleaſure Plin Pliny poffeffed Pompey Pontus prefent prince Ptolomy raiſed reafon reft reign Romans Rome ſhe Sicily ſtate ſtill Sylla Syracufans Syracufe Syria thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand Tigranes treaſures troops uſe veffels Whilft whofe
Brani popolari
Pagina 261 - Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshingfloors; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Pagina 324 - Fine linen with broidered work from Egypt was that which thou spreadest forth to be thy sail; blue and purple from the isles of Elishah was that which covered thee. The inhabitants of Zidon and Arvad were thy mariners: thy wise men, O Tyrus, that were in thee, were thy pilots. The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Pagina 252 - Cleopatra, assisted by two women, who were the only persons she had brought with her into the tomh, drew him up. Never was there a more moving sight. Antony, all bathed in his blood, with death painted in his face, was dragged up in the air, turning his dying eyes, and extending his feeble* hands...
Pagina 276 - The ftrcngth, of a ftate is not to be computed by extent of country, but by the number of its citizens, and the utility of their labour.
Pagina 263 - CHRIST shall have delivered up the kingdom to GOD, even the FATHER: when he shall have put down all rule, and all authority, and power.
Pagina 63 - Hieronymus should have more weight with you than that of Hiero. The latter was much longer your friend than the former your enemy. Permit me to say, you have experienced the good effects of the amity of Hiero, but the senseless enterprises of Hieronymus .have fallen solely upon his own head.
Pagina 312 - Of meads, and streams that through the valley glide, And shady groves that easy sleep invite, And, after toilsome days, a soft repose at night. * Wild beasts of nature in his woods abound ; And youth, of labour patient, plough the ground, Inur'd to hardship, and to homely fare. Nor venerable age is wanting, there, In great examples to the youthful train ; Nor are the gods ador'd with rites profane.