The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonian, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians, Volume 81774 |
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... causes him to make an infinite number of machines for the defence of a befieged place . He dies very old , and much regretted by the people ARTICLE II . 1 18 SECT . I. Hieronymus , grandson of Hiero , fucceeds him , and caufes him to be ...
... causes him to make an infinite number of machines for the defence of a befieged place . He dies very old , and much regretted by the people ARTICLE II . 1 18 SECT . I. Hieronymus , grandson of Hiero , fucceeds him , and caufes him to be ...
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... cause as much as they pleafed to be tranfported to whatever places they fhould appoint . That he knew the " Roman people.çmployed none in their armies but citizens " and allies ; but that he had feen light - armed strangers in their ...
... cause as much as they pleafed to be tranfported to whatever places they fhould appoint . That he knew the " Roman people.çmployed none in their armies but citizens " and allies ; but that he had feen light - armed strangers in their ...
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... cause he confined himfelf to fimple and barren fpeculations . Ought we therefore to conclude , that it was useless and un- profitable ? It was from that very fource of knowledge , buried till then in obfcurity , from which shot forth ...
... cause he confined himfelf to fimple and barren fpeculations . Ought we therefore to conclude , that it was useless and un- profitable ? It was from that very fource of knowledge , buried till then in obfcurity , from which shot forth ...
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... cause of the tumult , they advanced haffily , blamed the foldiers for having received Hippocrates and Epicydes , the enemies of their country , and gave orders for their being feized and bound . The foldiers opposed this with great ...
... cause of the tumult , they advanced haffily , blamed the foldiers for having received Hippocrates and Epicydes , the enemies of their country , and gave orders for their being feized and bound . The foldiers opposed this with great ...
Pagina 41
... cause should be entirely diftinct from that of the deferters . At the fame inftant , the deputies fent to Marcellus arrived , who fully undeceived them . Amongst those who commanded in Syracufe , there was a Spaniard named Mericus : Him ...
... cause should be entirely diftinct from that of the deferters . At the fame inftant , the deputies fent to Marcellus arrived , who fully undeceived them . Amongst those who commanded in Syracufe , there was a Spaniard named Mericus : Him ...
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Pagina 141 - It may be said, this last quotation is not conclusive, since it does not indicate the manner in which the bucket was elevated — by a windlass 1 a pulley ] or by the hand alone 1 We have satisfactory evidence that it was by the latter.
Pagina 161 - ... window, from whence she threw down chains and cords. Antony was made fast to these, and Cleopatra, assisted by two women, who were the only persons she had brought with her to the tombs, drew him up.
Pagina 33 - Archimedes was going to discharge some dreadful machine upon them, renounced his hopes of being able to make a breach in the place, gave over his attacks, and turned the siege into a blockade. The Romans conceived...
Pagina 40 - From the Romans all their requests were easily obtained, and their safety ran no hazard from that quarter : there was more danger from...
Pagina 195 - Caesar the embassadors of the Jews are introduced into the senate, and obtain their whole request. The Jews of Asia confirmed in their privilege of not being compelled to serve in the wars. A comet seen in China. 43 Cleopatra poisons her brother when he comes of age to share the sovereign authority according to the laws. She afterwards declares for the Roman triumviri. The second triumvirate of Octavius, Antony and Lepidus began Nov. 27. Cicero put to death Dec. 7. Battle of Mutina. Cassius demands...
Pagina 33 - Shall we persist," said he, to his workmen and engineers, " in making war with this Briareus of a geometrician, who treats my galleys and sambuc» so rudely ? He infinitely exceeds the fabled giants •with their hundred hands, in his perpetual and surprising discharge upon us.
Pagina 42 - Syracuse, shut up in his closet like a man of another world, who hag no regard for what is passing in this, was intent upon the study of some geometrical figure, and not only his eyes, but the whole faculties of his soul, were so engaged in this contemplation, that he had neither heard the tumult of the Romans, universally busy in plundering, nor the report of the city's being taken.