History of the Assyrians, Chaledeans, Medes, Lydians and Carthaginians1850 - 327 pages |
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Edward Farr. HISTORY OF THE CARTHAGINIANS . CONTENTS AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE B. C. 853 Carthage founded .....
Edward Farr. HISTORY OF THE CARTHAGINIANS . CONTENTS AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE B. C. 853 Carthage founded .....
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... Carthage , forms the design of making him- 228 228 self master of his country ..... 230 310 Beginning of the wars between the Carthaginians and Aga . thocles in Sicily and Africa ......... 231 309 Agathocles conquered by Hamilcar , and ...
... Carthage , forms the design of making him- 228 228 self master of his country ..... 230 310 Beginning of the wars between the Carthaginians and Aga . thocles in Sicily and Africa ......... 231 309 Agathocles conquered by Hamilcar , and ...
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... Carthage for succour ..... 287 Hannibal retires to Capua ....... 289 291 291 211 Hannibal besieges Rome ... Carthage , and 198 CONTENTS AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE .
... Carthage for succour ..... 287 Hannibal retires to Capua ....... 289 291 291 211 Hannibal besieges Rome ... Carthage , and 198 CONTENTS AND CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE .
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... Carthage is besieged by the Romans ..... 317 318 324 Scipio is made consul , and receives the command of the army before Carthage ........ 325 146 Scipio takes , and entirely demolishes Carthage ........... THE HISTORY OF THE ...
... Carthage is besieged by the Romans ..... 317 318 324 Scipio is made consul , and receives the command of the army before Carthage ........ 325 146 Scipio takes , and entirely demolishes Carthage ........... THE HISTORY OF THE ...
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... CARTHAGE . CARTHAGE , called by the Greeks Carchedon , an ancient city and state , and long the rival of Rome , was a colony of the Tyrians , and was probably built about 100 years before Rome . Authors , however , differ very much with ...
... CARTHAGE . CARTHAGE , called by the Greeks Carchedon , an ancient city and state , and long the rival of Rome , was a colony of the Tyrians , and was probably built about 100 years before Rome . Authors , however , differ very much with ...
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Page 54 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation: neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there; neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Page 120 - He answered and said, Lo, I see four men loose, walking in the midst of the fire, and they have no hurt ; and the form of the fourth is like the Son of God.
Page 119 - O'erflow thy courts: the Light himself shall shine Revealed, and God's eternal day be thine ! The seas shall waste, the skies in smoke decay, Rocks fall to dust, and mountains melt away ! But fixed his word, his saving power remains; Thy realm for ever lasts, thy own Messiah reigns ! ALEXANDER POPE.
Page 167 - And to the angel of the church in Philadelphia write; These things saith he that is holy, he that is true, he that hath the key of David, he that openeth, and no man shutteth; and shutteth, and no man openeth...
Page 168 - And unto the angel of the church in Thyatira write; These things saith the Son of God, who hath his eyes like unto a flame of fire, and his feet are like fine brass...
Page 194 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.
Page 64 - No man, when he hath lighted a candle, covereth it with a vessel, or putteth it under a bed; but setteth it on a candlestick, that they which enter in may see the light. 17 For nothing is secret that shall not be made manifest; neither any thing hid, that shall not be known and come abroad.
Page 101 - And Menahem exacted the money of Israel, even of all the mighty men of wealth, of each man fifty shekels of silver, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back, and stayed not there in the land.
Page 144 - Now, O king, establish the decree, and sign the writing, that it be not changed, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which altereth not.
Page 115 - Jehoiakim king of Judah ; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David : and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.