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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... embassy was dispatched to make excuses for the omission , with presents for the Thracian monarch . Gratified by this attention , Sitalces now sent a part of his army into Chalcidice , and the ravage of that country was added to the ...
... embassy was dispatched to make excuses for the omission , with presents for the Thracian monarch . Gratified by this attention , Sitalces now sent a part of his army into Chalcidice , and the ravage of that country was added to the ...
Page 81
... at the con- duct of the envoys ; but when the business of the embassy was brought under cognizance , Eschines and his colleagues triumphed . Delighted by the magnificent prospect which Eschines opened HISTORY OF THE MACEDONIANS . 81.
... at the con- duct of the envoys ; but when the business of the embassy was brought under cognizance , Eschines and his colleagues triumphed . Delighted by the magnificent prospect which Eschines opened HISTORY OF THE MACEDONIANS . 81.
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... embassy was despatched to Pella , where it arrived while the Athenian envoys were on their second mission . Demosthe- nes records , to the honour of this embassy , that they refused rich presents in money , captives , and golden cups ...
... embassy was despatched to Pella , where it arrived while the Athenian envoys were on their second mission . Demosthe- nes records , to the honour of this embassy , that they refused rich presents in money , captives , and golden cups ...
Page 86
... embassy , accompanied by Thessalian deputies , was accordingly sent to Athens for this purpose , as well as for their assent to the recent proceedings . An assem- bly of the people was convened to hear the letters of the en- voys , and ...
... embassy , accompanied by Thessalian deputies , was accordingly sent to Athens for this purpose , as well as for their assent to the recent proceedings . An assem- bly of the people was convened to hear the letters of the en- voys , and ...
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... embassy , at the head of which was Demosthenes , to dissuade the Messenians and Argives from putting trust in Philip ; but notwithstanding the embassy , and the eloquence of Demosthenes , these people remained unshaken in their ...
... embassy , at the head of which was Demosthenes , to dissuade the Messenians and Argives from putting trust in Philip ; but notwithstanding the embassy , and the eloquence of Demosthenes , these people remained unshaken in their ...
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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...