The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volume 2Silas Andrus, bookseller. Hart & Lincoln, printers, Middletown., 1815 - History, Ancient |
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... greatest and most illustrious per- sons of his court . He laid before them the design he had of making war against Greece , and acquainted them with his motives , which were , the de- * A. M. 3519. Ant . J. C. 485 . + Her . 1. vii . c ...
... greatest and most illustrious per- sons of his court . He laid before them the design he had of making war against Greece , and acquainted them with his motives , which were , the de- * A. M. 3519. Ant . J. C. 485 . + Her . 1. vii . c ...
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... greatest prosperity , acknowledge his faults , when he happens to commit any , without seeking * Ita formatis principum auribus ut aspera quæ utilia , nec quicquam nisi jucun- dum et lætum accipiant . Tacit . Hist . 1. ii . c . 56 . + ...
... greatest prosperity , acknowledge his faults , when he happens to commit any , without seeking * Ita formatis principum auribus ut aspera quæ utilia , nec quicquam nisi jucun- dum et lætum accipiant . Tacit . Hist . 1. ii . c . 56 . + ...
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... greatest misfortunes , if he continued to oppose the king's intentions . This so much affected him that he came over to the king's first opinion , believ- ing that there was something divine in these repeated visions ; and the war ...
... greatest misfortunes , if he continued to oppose the king's intentions . This so much affected him that he came over to the king's first opinion , believ- ing that there was something divine in these repeated visions ; and the war ...
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... greatest dangers and calamities , extend her care and generosity in the very midst of such alarms , even to the education of other people's children ! When the whole city came to embark , so moving and melancholy a spectacle drew tears ...
... greatest dangers and calamities , extend her care and generosity in the very midst of such alarms , even to the education of other people's children ! When the whole city came to embark , so moving and melancholy a spectacle drew tears ...
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... greatest men . The design which he formed and executed , of making the whole force of Athens maritime , showed him to have a superior genius ca- pable of the highest view , penetrating into futurity , and judicious to seize the decisive ...
... greatest men . The design which he formed and executed , of making the whole force of Athens maritime , showed him to have a superior genius ca- pable of the highest view , penetrating into futurity , and judicious to seize the decisive ...
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Page 84 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and the prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.
Page 84 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself...
Page 84 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Page 489 - He possessed all the ornaments of the mind : he had the talent of speaking in perfection, and was well versed in the most sublime sciences. But a modest reserve threw a veil over all those excellent qualities, which still augmented their value, and he knew not what it was to be ostentatious of them.
Page 309 - Socrates mihi videtur, id quod constat inter omnes, primus a rebus occultis et ab ipsa natura involutis, in quibus omnes ante eum philosophi occupati fuerunt, avocavisse philosophiam et ad vitam communem adduxisse, ut de virtutibus et...
Page 333 - Presently after, they entered, and found Socrates, whose chains had been taken off,' sitting by Xantippe his wife, who held one of his children in her arms. As soon as she perceived them, setting up great cries, sobbing, and tearing her face and hair, she made the prison resound with her complaints,
Page 331 - ... their lives or liberty : ought there to be any thing more dear and precious to them, than the preservation of Socrates ? Even strangers themselves dispute that honour with them, many of whom have come expressly, with considerable sums of money, to purchase...
Page 161 - Alcibiades had abandoned himself. Alcibiades, in those moments when he listened to Socrates, differed so much from himself, that he appeared quite another man. However, his headstrong, fiery temper, and his natural fondness for pleasure, which was heightened and inflamed by the...
Page 325 - ... voice but his own in his defence, and to appear before his judges in the submissive posture of a suppliant, he did not behave in that manner out of pride, or contempt of the tribunal ; it was from a noble and intrepid assurance, resulting from greatness of soul, and the...
Page 337 - he formed our youth, and taught our children to love their country, and to honour their parents. In this place he gave us his admirable lessons, and sometimes made us seasonable reproaches, to engage us more warmly in the pursuit of virtue.