The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, 2. köideCollins and Company, 1820 |
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... father of Masinissa , to check the career of so powerful a neighbour , thought it his inte- rest to join the Carthaginians , and accordingly sent out against Syphax a powerful army under the conduct of his son , at that time but ...
... father of Masinissa , to check the career of so powerful a neighbour , thought it his inte- rest to join the Carthaginians , and accordingly sent out against Syphax a powerful army under the conduct of his son , at that time but ...
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... father's death , was often reduced to the brink of ruin ; being driven from his kingdom by an usurper : pursued warmly by Syphax ; in danger every instant of falling into the hands of his enemies ; destitute of forces , money , and of ...
... father's death , was often reduced to the brink of ruin ; being driven from his kingdom by an usurper : pursued warmly by Syphax ; in danger every instant of falling into the hands of his enemies ; destitute of forces , money , and of ...
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... father had not given him any instructions , not knowing that any thing would be laid to his charge . He only desired the senate to reflect , that the circumstance which drew all this hatred upon him from the Carthaginians , was , the ...
... father had not given him any instructions , not knowing that any thing would be laid to his charge . He only desired the senate to reflect , that the circumstance which drew all this hatred upon him from the Carthaginians , was , the ...
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Charles Rollin. mediately with their orders to his father , who was thereby commanded to send immediately deputies with those of Car- thage that they would do all that lay in their power to serve him , but not to the prejudice of the ...
Charles Rollin. mediately with their orders to his father , who was thereby commanded to send immediately deputies with those of Car- thage that they would do all that lay in their power to serve him , but not to the prejudice of the ...
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... father and guardian to them . I shall give no farther account here of the family and posterity of Masinissa , because that would interrupt too much the his- tory of Carthage . The high esteem which Pham¿ as had entertained for Scipio ...
... father and guardian to them . I shall give no farther account here of the family and posterity of Masinissa , because that would interrupt too much the his- tory of Carthage . The high esteem which Pham¿ as had entertained for Scipio ...
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Page 163 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia...
Page 141 - 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. But wild beasts of the desert shall lie there; and their houses shall be full of doleful creatures; and owls shall dwell there, and Satyrs shall dance there.
Page 142 - The Lord of hosts hath sworn, saying, Surely as I have thought, so shall it come to pass; And as I have purposed, so shall it stand...
Page 142 - And I will give thee the treasures of darkness, And hidden riches of secret places, That thou mayest know that I, the Lord, Which call thee by thy name, Am the God of Israel. For Jacob my servant's sake, And Israel mine elect, I have even called thee by thy name : I have surnamed thee, though thou hast not known me.
Page 148 - This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it. TEKEL; Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting. PERES; Thy kingdom is divided, and given to the Medes and Persians.
Page 70 - He cried aloud, and said thus, Hew down the tree, and cut off his branches, shake off his leaves, and scatter his fruit...
Page 71 - All this came upon the king Nebuchadnezzar. At the end of twelve months he walked in the palace of the kingdom of Babylon. The king spake, and said, Is not this great Babylon, that I have built for the house of the kingdom by the might of my power, and for the honour of my majesty...
Page 141 - I will also make it a possession for the bittern, and pools of water: and I will sweep it with the besom of destruction, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 71 - ... the most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Page 141 - Their bows also shall dash the young men to pieces; and they shall have no pity on the fruit of the womb; their eye shall not spare children. "And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah.