Histories of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great, Volúmenes 1-2Harper & Brothers, 1880 - 567 páginas |
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Histories of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great, Volúmenes 1-2 Jacob Abbott Vista completa - 1880 |
Histories of Cyrus the Great and Alexander the Great, Volúmenes 1-2 Jacob Abbott Vista completa - 1880 |
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Página 198 - Upon the facade of this monument was a very conspicuous inscription to this effect: " If any one of the sovereigns, my successors, shall be in extreme want of money, let him open my tomb and take what he may think proper ; but let him not resort to this resource unless the urgency is extreme.
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Página 65 - I was to judge whose the coat was, then, said he, it must be inquired what right possession is; whether he that took a thing by force should have it, or whether he who made it or purchased it should possess it: and then he told me what was according to law was just, and that what was contrary to law was violent. He bid me take notice, therefore, that a judge ought to give his opinion with the law. So, mother...
Página 92 - ... in the fastnesses of the mountain. In consequence of this his appearance at court, the daughter of Priam, whose name was Cassandra, became acquainted with him, and, inquiring into his story, succeeded in ascertaining that he was her brother, the long-lost child, that had been supposed to be put to death. King Priam was convinced by the evidence which she brought forward, and Paris was brought home to his father's house.
Página 202 - ... counsel them to deliver up a helpless fugitive to his enemies. The messengers must have misunderstood or misreported the answer which they had received. He finally persuaded his countrymen to send a second embassy : he himself was placed at the head of it. On their arrival...
Página 132 - But nothing could equal the magnificence of the king. He was clothed in a vest of purple, striped with silver, and over it a long robe glittering all over with gold and precious stones, that represented two falcons rushing from the clouds, and pecking at one another.
Página 7 - ... have so many different accounts of the same thing. The reason is, that each one of these accounts is intended for a different set of readers, who read with ideas and purposes widely dissimilar from each other. Among the twenty millions of people in the United States, there are perhaps two millions, between the ages of fifteen and twenty-five, who wish to become acquainted, in general, with the leading events in the history of the Old World...