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Pagina 5
... affairs not permitting him to punish the perfidy of that people , he contented himself with intimating his complaints to them in a moderate manner , and demanded his gallies , among which was that prodigious galley of sixteen benches of ...
... affairs not permitting him to punish the perfidy of that people , he contented himself with intimating his complaints to them in a moderate manner , and demanded his gallies , among which was that prodigious galley of sixteen benches of ...
Pagina 6
... affairs of Demetrius were at that time in a very bad condition , so honourable an alliance with so powerful a prince was exceedingly agree- able to him . In consequence of which he imme- diately conducted his daughter with all his fleet ...
... affairs of Demetrius were at that time in a very bad condition , so honourable an alliance with so powerful a prince was exceedingly agree- able to him . In consequence of which he imme- diately conducted his daughter with all his fleet ...
Pagina 7
... affairs began to assume a better aspect ; for he had all the island of Cyprus , and the two rich and powerful cities of Tyre and Sidon , be- sides his new conquests in Cilicia . It was very imprudent in Seleucus to permit so dangerous ...
... affairs began to assume a better aspect ; for he had all the island of Cyprus , and the two rich and powerful cities of Tyre and Sidon , be- sides his new conquests in Cilicia . It was very imprudent in Seleucus to permit so dangerous ...
Pagina 11
... affairs in Athens , he determined to reduce the Lacedæmo- nians . Archidamus , their king , advanced as far as Mantinea to meet him : but Demetrius defeated him in a great battle , and obliged him to have re- course to flight ; after ...
... affairs in Athens , he determined to reduce the Lacedæmo- nians . Archidamus , their king , advanced as far as Mantinea to meet him : but Demetrius defeated him in a great battle , and obliged him to have re- course to flight ; after ...
Pagina 14
... affairs was changed , and that he no longer had any need of his assistance . Demetrius was displeased with this com- pliment , whilst Alexander , who dreaded the greatness of his power , was apprehensive of subjecting himself to a ...
... affairs was changed , and that he no longer had any need of his assistance . Demetrius was displeased with this com- pliment , whilst Alexander , who dreaded the greatness of his power , was apprehensive of subjecting himself to a ...
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accordingly Achæans Achæus affairs afterwards Agathocles Agis Alexander alliance allies ambassadors Antigonus Antiochus Aratus Argos arms army arrived Arsaces Asia assembly attack Attalus battle besieged brother camp carried caused Chalcis citizens Cleomenes commanded concluded consul Corinth crown death declared defeated Demetrius desired dominions Egypt employed endeavoured enemy engaged entirely Etolians Eumenes Evergetes favour Flamininus fleet forces garrison Gauls gave glory greatest Greece Greeks Hannibal honour horse hundred immediately inhabitants Justin king king's kingdom Lacedæmonians liberty Lysimachus Macedonians Machanidas manner marched master Megaleas Nabis obliged occasion passed peace Peloponnesus person Philadelphus Philip Philopomen Plut Polyb Polybius possessed prince provinces Ptolemy Ptolemy Soter Pyrrhus Quintius received reign returned Rhodians Romans Rome seized Seleucus senate sent Sicyon side siege signals soldiers soon Sparta succour Syria taken temple Thessaly things thought thousand tion took treaty troops tyrant utmost victory whole
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Pagina 138 - The king's daughter of the South shall come to the king of the North to make an agreement: But he shall not retain the power of the arm, neither shall he stand, nor his arm ; but she shall he given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in
Pagina 2 - having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia, and the rough goat is the king of Grecia, and the great horn that is between his eyes, is the first king. Now that being broken, whereas
Pagina 487 - appear foolish and stupid to Absalom ; and they accordingly did appear so. " And Absalom and all the men of Israel said, the counsel of Hushai, the Archite, is better than the counsel of Ahitophel: For the LORD had appointed to defeat the good counsel of Ahitophel, to the intent that the LORD might bring evil upon Absalom.
Pagina 128 - to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled: For his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those;" namely, beside the four greater princes. We have already seen the vast empire of Alexander* parcelled out into four great kingdoms;
Pagina 128 - And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will." In this part of the prophecy we may easily trace Alexander the Great.
Pagina 128 - be far richer than they all: And by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Greece." The monarch here meant was Xerxes, who invaded Greece with a very formidable army. * " And a mighty king shall stand up,
Pagina 141 - and shall deal against them, and shall prevail. And shall also carry captives into Egypt, their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver, and of gold, and he shall continue more years than the king of the
Pagina 2 - stamped upon him: And there was none that could deliver the rain out of his hand. Therefore the he-goat waxed very great, and when he was strong, the great horn was broken: And from it came up four notable horns, toward the four winds of heaven.
Pagina 486 - For behold, the LORD, the Lord of Hosts doth take away from Jerusalem, and from Judah, the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the • whole stay of water. The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient. The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counsellor, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator."— But
Pagina 141 - shall one stand up in his estate, who shall come with an army, and shall enter into the fortress of the king of the North ( Seleucus Callinicus) and