Encyclopaedia Britannica; Or A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and Miscellaneous Literature, Band 16Archibald Constable, 1823 |
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... side 12 cohorts in front . Near each cohort he placed a troop of horse to support them , that they might charge with ... sides . The stra - The batt'o tagem had the desired effect ; for Surenas no sooner gave of Cartha the signal , than ...
... side 12 cohorts in front . Near each cohort he placed a troop of horse to support them , that they might charge with ... sides . The stra - The batt'o tagem had the desired effect ; for Surenas no sooner gave of Cartha the signal , than ...
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... sides ; and , keeping at a distance , discharged incessant showers of arrows upon the unfortunate Romans , thus ... side to one of his attendants , and ordered him to put an end to his unhappy life . His example was fol- lowed by ...
... sides ; and , keeping at a distance , discharged incessant showers of arrows upon the unfortunate Romans , thus ... side to one of his attendants , and ordered him to put an end to his unhappy life . His example was fol- lowed by ...
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... side , quite out of Armenia . Cassius , on the other hand , having in several encounters defeated Vologeses , though he had an army of 400,000 men under his command , reduced , in four years time , all those provinces which had formerly ...
... side , quite out of Armenia . Cassius , on the other hand , having in several encounters defeated Vologeses , though he had an army of 400,000 men under his command , reduced , in four years time , all those provinces which had formerly ...
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... side to side . PARTI per bend dexter , is when the cut comes from the upper corner of the shield on the right hand , and descends athwart to the opposite lower corner . PARTI per bend sinister , is when the cut , coming from the upper ...
... side to side . PARTI per bend dexter , is when the cut comes from the upper corner of the shield on the right hand , and descends athwart to the opposite lower corner . PARTI per bend sinister , is when the cut , coming from the upper ...
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... side ; the eyeballs and eyebrows rise directly up ; the mouth half opens , and the two corners are also a little ... side of it next the nose sinks down , and the other side rises ve- ry much ; the eye is very open , and the eyeball is ...
... side ; the eyeballs and eyebrows rise directly up ; the mouth half opens , and the two corners are also a little ... side of it next the nose sinks down , and the other side rises ve- ry much ; the eye is very open , and the eyeball is ...
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...