The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Volume 8Andrus & Jud, 1836 |
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Pagina 12
... effect of the powers of motion , was entirely astonished ; and judging from that experi- ment of the efficacy of the art , he earnestly solicited Archimedes to make several sorts of machines and battering engines for sieges an attacks ...
... effect of the powers of motion , was entirely astonished ; and judging from that experi- ment of the efficacy of the art , he earnestly solicited Archimedes to make several sorts of machines and battering engines for sieges an attacks ...
Pagina 24
... effect it had . It induced them to desire the opinion of the several bodies of the state ; and the principal officers of the troops , as well na tives as foreigners , were requested to confer together . The affair was long discussed ...
... effect it had . It induced them to desire the opinion of the several bodies of the state ; and the principal officers of the troops , as well na tives as foreigners , were requested to confer together . The affair was long discussed ...
Pagina 27
... manner of a drawbridge , ) upon which the besiegers passed to the walls of the place besieged . This machine had not the expected effect . Whilst it was at a considerable distance from the walls , Archimedes discharged a vast SYRACUSE . 27.
... manner of a drawbridge , ) upon which the besiegers passed to the walls of the place besieged . This machine had not the expected effect . Whilst it was at a considerable distance from the walls , Archimedes discharged a vast SYRACUSE . 27.
Pagina 28
... effect . When the Romans had gained the foot of the walls , and thought themselves very well covered , they found themselves exposed either to an infinity of darts , or overwhelmed with stones , which fell directly upon their heads ...
... effect . When the Romans had gained the foot of the walls , and thought themselves very well covered , they found themselves exposed either to an infinity of darts , or overwhelmed with stones , which fell directly upon their heads ...
Pagina 30
... effects , and the reality of which we might be tempted to call in question , if it were allowable to doubt the evi ... effect than the engines of Archimedes , if indeed they have so much . A burning - glass is spoken of , by the means ...
... effects , and the reality of which we might be tempted to call in question , if it were allowable to doubt the evi ... effect than the engines of Archimedes , if indeed they have so much . A burning - glass is spoken of , by the means ...
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Pagina 146 - 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 39 - Let others better mould the running mass Of metals, and inform the breathing brass, And soften into flesh a marble face; Plead better at the bar; describe the skies, And when the stars descend, and when they rise: But, Rome! 'tis thine alone, with awful sway, « To rule mankind, and make the world obey, Disposing peace and war thy own majestic way; To tame the proud, the fetter'd slave to free: These are imperial arts, and worthy thee.
Pagina 138 - ... into an immediate heaviness and stupefaction, attended with a slight sweating upon the face and a numbness of all the organs of sense, gently extinguished life ; so that those in that condition were angry when any one awakened them, or endeavoured to make them rise, like people exceedingly sleepy. This was the poison she fixed upon. To dispel Antony's suspicions and subjects of complaint, she applied herself with more than ordinary solicitude in caressing him. Though she celebrated her own birth-day...
Pagina 77 - Asia, and was honoured by the people almost with adoration. His pride was inflamed and supported by the immense riches he possessed, by the excessive and continual praises of his flatterers, and by a prosperity which had never known an interruption. He knew no law but his own will, and assumed the title of king of kings! So far did he carry his pride as to be waited on by crowned heads.
Pagina 146 - Babylonish king, by a colossal image, " terrible in its form and brightness," of which the " head was of pure gold," the " breast and arms of silver," the " belly and thighs of brass," and the legs and feet "of iron, and of iron mingled with clay.
Pagina 140 - ... caused himself to be carried to the fort where she had shut herself up. Cleopatra would not permit the gates to be opened to give him entrance, for fear of some surprise; but she- appeared at a high window, from whence she threw down chains and cords.
Pagina 35 - Marcellus, may be a lasting and an eternal monument of the valour and clemency of him who took and preserved it. It is unjust that the remembrance of 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 140 - Cleopatra's other infidelities; and struck with the idea of her death, passed immediately from excess of rage to the most violent transports of grief, and thought only of following her to the grave. Having taken this...
Pagina 140 - Antony, all bathed in his blood, with death painted in his face, was dragged up into the air, turning his dying eyes, and extending his feeble hands to Cleopatra, as if to conjure her to receive his last breath ; while she, with her features distorted, and her arms strained, pulled the cord with her whole strength.