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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... ambition . The reform of the government which Archelaus sought to effect , was greatly impeded by the jealous hostility of the nobles , who , in his reign , were a kind of petty princes , barely con- ceding to him the right of ...
... ambition . The reform of the government which Archelaus sought to effect , was greatly impeded by the jealous hostility of the nobles , who , in his reign , were a kind of petty princes , barely con- ceding to him the right of ...
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... ambition of Alexander to conquer the known world was fostered and brought into action . He knew the material he held in his hands . He knew that the soldiers of Macedonia were an- imated , like himself , by a love of conquest ; and that ...
... ambition of Alexander to conquer the known world was fostered and brought into action . He knew the material he held in his hands . He knew that the soldiers of Macedonia were an- imated , like himself , by a love of conquest ; and that ...
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... ambitious desire of increasing his possessions . He died after a reign of twenty- three years , and was succeeded in his kingdom by Amyntas . AMYNTAS I. In the reign of Amyntas , the kingdom of Macedonia was fast rising into importance ...
... ambitious desire of increasing his possessions . He died after a reign of twenty- three years , and was succeeded in his kingdom by Amyntas . AMYNTAS I. In the reign of Amyntas , the kingdom of Macedonia was fast rising into importance ...
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PERDICCAS II . The peace of Perdiccas was disturbed for some years by the ambitious designs of his youngest brother , Philip , who aspired to the throne . In the beginning of his reign , indeed , Perdiccas found himself surrounded by ...
PERDICCAS II . The peace of Perdiccas was disturbed for some years by the ambitious designs of his youngest brother , Philip , who aspired to the throne . In the beginning of his reign , indeed , Perdiccas found himself surrounded by ...
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... ambition , or revenge for personal dis- honour , or by both united , conspired against him , and slew him , after he had reigned thirteen years . The nameless crime which led to the death of Archelaus , shows how impotent civilization ...
... ambition , or revenge for personal dis- honour , or by both united , conspired against him , and slew him , after he had reigned thirteen years . The nameless crime which led to the death of Archelaus , shows how impotent civilization ...
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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...