The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Grecians and Macedonians, Volume 8Andrus & Jud, 1836 |
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Pagina 11
... soldiers , of choosing their officers , were , however , unanimous in conferring upon him the title and power of captain - general . From his first measures it was easy to judge that the new magis- trate aspired at something more than ...
... soldiers , of choosing their officers , were , however , unanimous in conferring upon him the title and power of captain - general . From his first measures it was easy to judge that the new magis- trate aspired at something more than ...
Pagina 11
... soldiers as were Syracusans ; on the other , the mercenaries . He put himself at the head of the first , as if he intended an attack ; and left the others exposed to the Mamertines , who cut them in pieces ; after which he returned ...
... soldiers as were Syracusans ; on the other , the mercenaries . He put himself at the head of the first , as if he intended an attack ; and left the others exposed to the Mamertines , who cut them in pieces ; after which he returned ...
Pagina 11
... soldiers , by whom they were perpetually surrounded . He began by putting arms into the hands of the citizens , formed them with care in the exer- cises of war , and employed them in preference to all others . SECT . II . Hiero's ...
... soldiers , by whom they were perpetually surrounded . He began by putting arms into the hands of the citizens , formed them with care in the exer- cises of war , and employed them in preference to all others . SECT . II . Hiero's ...
Pagina 13
... soldiers ' lodgings . On the right and left side of the middle gallery , there were apart- ments to the number of thirty ; in each of which were four beds for men . The apartment for the officers and seamen had fifteen beds , and three ...
... soldiers ' lodgings . On the right and left side of the middle gallery , there were apart- ments to the number of thirty ; in each of which were four beds for men . The apartment for the officers and seamen had fifteen beds , and three ...
Pagina 19
... soldiers , less out of affection for him , than a certain natural respect for their kings , had thoughts at first of avenging his death upon the conspirators . But the grate- ful name of liberty by which they were flattered , and the ...
... soldiers , less out of affection for him , than a certain natural respect for their kings , had thoughts at first of avenging his death upon the conspirators . But the grate- ful name of liberty by which they were flattered , and the ...
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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.