Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... master of that country , while Antiochus the Great was engaged in war with Ptolemy Euergetes king of Egypt . Antiochus , how- ever , was no sooner disengaged from that war , than he marched with all his forces against Arsaces , and at ...
... master of that country , while Antiochus the Great was engaged in war with Ptolemy Euergetes king of Egypt . Antiochus , how- ever , was no sooner disengaged from that war , than he marched with all his forces against Arsaces , and at ...
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... master of the Parthian empire . In his reign happened the me- morable war with the Romans under Crassus . This was occasioned not by any breach of treaty on the side of the Parthians , but through the shameful avarice of war with ...
... master of the Parthian empire . In his reign happened the me- morable war with the Romans under Crassus . This was occasioned not by any breach of treaty on the side of the Parthians , but through the shameful avarice of war with ...
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... master's name to avoid by all means the barren plains , where his army would certainly perish with hunger and fatigue , and by all means to approach Armenia , that they might join their forces against the common enemy . But all was to ...
... master's name to avoid by all means the barren plains , where his army would certainly perish with hunger and fatigue , and by all means to approach Armenia , that they might join their forces against the common enemy . But all was to ...
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... master of Arbela . Thence he pursued his march ; subduing , with incredible rapidity , countries where the Roman standard had never been before displayed . Babylonia , or the province of Babylon , voluntarily submitted to him . The city ...
... master of Arbela . Thence he pursued his march ; subduing , with incredible rapidity , countries where the Roman standard had never been before displayed . Babylonia , or the province of Babylon , voluntarily submitted to him . The city ...
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... master of Ar- taxata ; and inone campaign drove the Parthians , though not without great loss on his side , quite out of Armenia . Cassius , on the other hand , having in several encounters defeated Vologeses , though he had an army of ...
... master of Ar- taxata ; and inone campaign drove the Parthians , though not without great loss on his side , quite out of Armenia . Cassius , on the other hand , having in several encounters defeated Vologeses , though he had an army of ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
according afterwards ancient apostles appears Arabian Arabic army Attalus bishop body Cæsar called cause Chaldaic Chaldean character church colour consequence death descendants dialect draw Egypt Egyptians empire enemy equal Eumenes father formed Greece Greek Greek language guage Hebrew Herodotus honour horse inhabitants invention island Jesus Jews kind king kingdom language Latin learned length letters lines Lord manner means mind Mizraim mountains nature objects observed occasion opinion original parallel Parthians passion patriarch Pelasgi pendulum Pergamus Persian person perspective Peru petrifaction Philip philosophers Phoenician Pizarro point of distance point of sight prince province Ptolemy racter reign religion river Romans Rome Sanscrit says sent side soon Spaniards spiritus asper square St Paul St Peter Strabo Surenas Syria thing Thracians tion tongue town verbs whole words writing
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Seite 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Seite 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Seite 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Seite 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Seite 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
Seite 32 - O, that this too, too solid flesh would melt, Thaw, and resolve itself into a dew ! " Or that the Everlasting had not fix'd His canon 'gainst self-slaughter...
Seite 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Seite 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Seite 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...