The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonian, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians, Volume 81774 |
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... daughter Berenice queen . He goes to Rome , and by money obtains the voices of the heads of the commonwealth for his re - establish- ment . He is oppofed by an oracle of the Sibyl's ; notwith- Atanding which , Gabinius fets him upon the ...
... daughter Berenice queen . He goes to Rome , and by money obtains the voices of the heads of the commonwealth for his re - establish- ment . He is oppofed by an oracle of the Sibyl's ; notwith- Atanding which , Gabinius fets him upon the ...
Pagina 2
... daughter , and by the fame alliance fecured the publick tranquillity , during the time he should be obliged to remove from Syra- cufe , and march at the head of the armies . Another much bolder , though far lefs juft , froke of po- licy ...
... daughter , and by the fame alliance fecured the publick tranquillity , during the time he should be obliged to remove from Syra- cufe , and march at the head of the armies . Another much bolder , though far lefs juft , froke of po- licy ...
Pagina 17
... daughter of Pyrrhus , by whom he had feveral children , and amongst others Hiero- nymus , of whom we fhall foon speak . Gelon , defpifing his father's great age , and fetting no value on the alliance of the Romans , after their last ...
... daughter of Pyrrhus , by whom he had feveral children , and amongst others Hiero- nymus , of whom we fhall foon speak . Gelon , defpifing his father's great age , and fetting no value on the alliance of the Romans , after their last ...
Pagina 23
... daughter , an haughty and ambitious princess , having taken him afide , put him in mind of the famous fay- ing of Dionyfius the tyrant , " That it was never proper to quit the faddle , ( i . e . the tyranny ) till pulled off the horse ...
... daughter , an haughty and ambitious princess , having taken him afide , put him in mind of the famous fay- ing of Dionyfius the tyrant , " That it was never proper to quit the faddle , ( i . e . the tyranny ) till pulled off the horse ...
Pagina 25
... daughter . At those words the whole affembly cried out that not one of them ought to be fuffered to live , and that it was necef- fary to extirpate entirely the race of the tyrants , without any referve or exception . Such is the nature ...
... daughter . At those words the whole affembly cried out that not one of them ought to be fuffered to live , and that it was necef- fary to extirpate entirely the race of the tyrants , without any referve or exception . Such is the nature ...
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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.