The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests ...including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts, Volumen 4,Parte 2T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1820 |
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 14 - It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few ; and with the God of heaven it is all one to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company ; For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host, but strength cometh from heaven.
Página 398 - Thus perished Ptolemy XII. Dionysus, in the eighteenth year of his age, after a reign of three years and eight months ; a youth to whom good fortune was wanting ; not surely either deep stratagem or bold enterprise. Submis- Caesar's decisive victory made him master of A°exan-he Egypt- To appease his resentment, he was drians, received at Alexandria by priests in solemn WIT'S long procession, and by the principal citizens bearing stayn emblems of supplication.
Página 123 - Try* phon, he hastened across the Euphrates to put himself at the head of the insurgents in Upper Asia. Several battles are said have been gained by him ; for the voluntary flights of the Parthians were probably construed into defeats. But the incidents related of his campaign are few and doubtful, though the issue of it is certain, that he was taken prisoner by the Parthians, and retained by them ten years in a loose and. honourable captivity.
Página 108 - CHAP. of exorbitant wealth, filled Italy with slaves instead of citizens ; destroyed the habits of rural industry among the people at large ; and...
Página 98 - ... nineteenth-century historians of Scotland, the precedence, at all events by right of seniority, must be accorded to Patrick Fraser Tytler, who was a joint founder of the Bannatyne club with Scott, and had been a college friend of Archibald Alison. Tytler had historian's blood in his veins1, and many years of his life were devoted to the composition of his History of Scotland (1828 — 43), an undertaking first suggested to him by Scott The History plunges in medias res with the accession of...
Página 378 - Bent some of his officers to intimate his situation and his wishes. The king's counsellors were divided in opinion : if protection should be given to Pompey, they might provoke the resentment of Caesar; if Pompey, after being rejected by them, should ever re-establish his affairs, they must expect his utmost vengeance. The wisest course with so formidable a fugitive appeared to be his immediate murder. The execution of this design was committed to Achillas, the military commander in the district,...
Página 18 - ... Edom, a name which anciently comprehended the wide deserts between the Red Sea, and the lake Asphaltites, but which was now restricted to the diminutive territory immediately west of that lake, originally forming the inheritance of the tribe of Simeon and part of the tribe of Judah. In consequence of the Babylonish captivity, the lands of these tribes long lay desolate, but were finally occupied by the more industrious portion of the children of Esau, or Edomites, and thence called Idumaea ;...