A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the creation of the world to the accession of Philip of MacedonWalton and Maberly, 1864 |
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... Athenian democracy firmly established- Other states of Greece - Colonies - In the countries north of Greece - In Asia ... Athenians - Defeat of the Ionians and capture of Miletus- Hippias at the Persian court - Failure of the expedition ...
... Athenian democracy firmly established- Other states of Greece - Colonies - In the countries north of Greece - In Asia ... Athenians - Defeat of the Ionians and capture of Miletus- Hippias at the Persian court - Failure of the expedition ...
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... Athenians in Egypt CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 380-453 RIVALRY OF THE GREEK REPUBLICS . FROM THE CONFEDERACY OF DELOS TO THE ... Athenian politics- Ostracism of Cimon- Advance of democracy - Wars with the Dorian States -The five years ' truce ...
... Athenians in Egypt CHAPTER XIV . PAGE 380-453 RIVALRY OF THE GREEK REPUBLICS . FROM THE CONFEDERACY OF DELOS TO THE ... Athenian politics- Ostracism of Cimon- Advance of democracy - Wars with the Dorian States -The five years ' truce ...
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... Athenians . The defeat of an immense Persian army and fleet and the death of Achæmenes were avenged by a still ... Athenian fleet sent to his aid returned without attempting a landing ( B.C. 449-448 ) , and the Persian king endea- voured ...
... Athenians . The defeat of an immense Persian army and fleet and the death of Achæmenes were avenged by a still ... Athenian fleet sent to his aid returned without attempting a landing ( B.C. 449-448 ) , and the Persian king endea- voured ...
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... Athenian auxiliaries went over to the Persians ( B.C. 373 ) . His successor , Tachos or Teos ( about B.C. 361 ) , dared to concert with the Athenians and Lacedæmo- nians an invasion of Asia . But the scheme was ruined by the ...
... Athenian auxiliaries went over to the Persians ( B.C. 373 ) . His successor , Tachos or Teos ( about B.C. 361 ) , dared to concert with the Athenians and Lacedæmo- nians an invasion of Asia . But the scheme was ruined by the ...
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... Athenians at MARATHON repulsed the first invasion ; and , what was far better , proved the impotence of vast barbarian hosts against a small band of well trained warriors , where each heart is nerved by the consciousness of freedom ...
... Athenians at MARATHON repulsed the first invasion ; and , what was far better , proved the impotence of vast barbarian hosts against a small band of well trained warriors , where each heart is nerved by the consciousness of freedom ...
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Página 428 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships by thousands lay below, And men in nations; — all were his! He counted them at break of day, And when the sun set, where were they?
Página 241 - It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and satyrs shall dance there. And the wild beasts of the islands shall cry in their desolate houses, and dragons in their pleasant palaces: and her time is near to come, and her days shall...
Página 297 - I will send him against an hypocritical nation, and against the people of my wrath will I give him a charge, to take the spoil, and to take the prey, and to tread them down like the mire of the streets.
Página 345 - Look once more ere we leave this specular mount Westward, much nearer by south-west, behold Where on the ^Egean shore a city stands Built nobly, pure the air, and light the soil ; Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence...
Página ix - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Página 174 - Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs ; In Sion also not unsung, where stood Her temple on the offensive mountain, built By that uxorious king, whose heart, though large, Beguiled by fair idolatresses, fell To idols foul.
Página 50 - These are the sons of Shem, after their families, after their tongues, in their lands, after their nations.
Página 166 - In those days there was no king in Israel, but every man did that which was right in his own eyes.
Página 344 - The tyrant of the Chersonese Was freedom's best and bravest friend. That tyrant was Miltiades. Oh, that the present hour would lend Another despot of the kind ! Such chains as his were sure to bind.
Página 240 - Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation...