Ancient History: Containing the History of the Egyptians, Assyrians, Chaldeans, Medes, Lydians, Carthaginians, Persians, Macedonians, the Seleucidae in Syria, and Parthians: History of the Macedonians, the Seleucidae in Syria, and ParthiansR. Carter, 1844 - History, Ancient |
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... Athenian origin , and , according to Aristotle , from those children whom the Athenians sent to Minos , in Crete , by way of tribute . These children grew old in that island , gaining their livelihood by the labour of their hands . The ...
... Athenian origin , and , according to Aristotle , from those children whom the Athenians sent to Minos , in Crete , by way of tribute . These children grew old in that island , gaining their livelihood by the labour of their hands . The ...
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... Athenians . As they could not subsist there , they went to Italy , and established themselves in Iapygia , from whence they went to Thrace , where they took the name of Bottiæans . PIERIA . According to Strabo , Pieria was bounded on ...
... Athenians . As they could not subsist there , they went to Italy , and established themselves in Iapygia , from whence they went to Thrace , where they took the name of Bottiæans . PIERIA . According to Strabo , Pieria was bounded on ...
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... Athens ; and yet he is said to have employed a number of men three years , before crossing the Hellespont , in separating it from the continent , and in making a canal for his shipping . No mention of such a work is made by any other ...
... Athens ; and yet he is said to have employed a number of men three years , before crossing the Hellespont , in separating it from the continent , and in making a canal for his shipping . No mention of such a work is made by any other ...
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... Athenians coveted , and fought for its possession . It is said , and his his- tory testifies in part to the assertion , that Philip obtained the empire of Greece by means of his gold . Macedonia was celebrated in ancient times for an ...
... Athenians coveted , and fought for its possession . It is said , and his his- tory testifies in part to the assertion , that Philip obtained the empire of Greece by means of his gold . Macedonia was celebrated in ancient times for an ...
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... Athenians , but it was after- wards taken by Philip and given to Olynthus . It was in this city that Cassander massacred Olympias , the mother of Alex- ander the Great , with his wife Roxana , and his son Alexan- der Ægus . The famous ...
... Athenians , but it was after- wards taken by Philip and given to Olynthus . It was in this city that Cassander massacred Olympias , the mother of Alex- ander the Great , with his wife Roxana , and his son Alexan- der Ægus . The famous ...
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Page 33 - Tis thus Omnipotence his law fulfils, And vengeance executes what justice wills. Again— the band of commerce was designed To associate all the branches of mankind ; And if a boundless plenty be the robe, Trade is the golden girdle of the globe. Wise to promote whatever end he means, God opens fruitful nature's various scenes : Each climate needs what other climes produce, And offers something to the general use ; No land but listens to the common call, And in return receives supply from all.
Page 265 - Fret not thyself because of evildoers, Neither be thou envious against the workers of iniquity. For they shall soon be cut down like the grass, And wither as the green herb.
Page 135 - Vice is a monster of so frightful mien, As, to be hated, needs but to be seen; Yet seen too oft, familiar with her face, We first endure, then pity, then embrace.
Page 315 - And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army ; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army ; but he shall not stand : for they shall forecast devices against him. Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow : and many shall fall down slain. And both these kings...
Page 173 - For the camp's stir and crowd and ceaseless larum, The neighing war-horse, the air-shattering trumpet, The unvaried, still returning hour of duty, Word of command, and exercise of arms — There's nothing here, there's nothing in all this To satisfy the heart, the gasping heart ! Mere bustling nothingness, where the soul is not — This cannot be the sole felicity, These cannot be man's best and only pleasures.
Page 221 - Th' historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times; and sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and t...
Page 317 - ... historian hath related so many circumstances, and in such exact order of time, as the prophet hath foretold them ; so that it was necessary to have recourse to several authors, Greek and Roman, Jewish and Christian ; and to collect here something from one, and to collect there something from another, for better explaining and illustrating the great variety of particulars contained in this prophecy.
Page 233 - Hear the just law — the judgment of the skies, He that hates truth shall be the dupe of lies : And he that will be cheated to the last, Delusions strong as Hell shall bind him fast.
Page 119 - Tis education forms the common mind ; Just as the twig is bent the tree's inclined.
Page 355 - Of thy paternal splendours, and the pomp Of those who fill thy courts in highest heaven, The radiant cherubim ; — accept the thanks Which we, thy humble creatures, here convened...