History of the PersiansRobert Carter, 1850 - 329 pages |
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... defeated Shahreg , who lost his life and the city of Istakher , which paid a contribution of 200,000 silver dirhems to obtain a respite . In 648 , the inhabitants of Istakher revolted , and slew the Arabian governor , in consequence of ...
... defeated Shahreg , who lost his life and the city of Istakher , which paid a contribution of 200,000 silver dirhems to obtain a respite . In 648 , the inhabitants of Istakher revolted , and slew the Arabian governor , in consequence of ...
Page 126
... defeated them , and after making a treaty with them to the effect that they should no more invade Armenia , he returned to Media . The next year , B. c . 558 , due preparations being made , Cy- rus anticipated the threatened invasion of ...
... defeated them , and after making a treaty with them to the effect that they should no more invade Armenia , he returned to Media . The next year , B. c . 558 , due preparations being made , Cy- rus anticipated the threatened invasion of ...
Page 127
... defeated and driven into Borsippa , the citadel of Babylon , where Cyrus besieged him and the town for two years , B. c . 538 . The siege of Babylon was no easy enterprise . The walls of it were of a prodigious height ; a numerous army ...
... defeated and driven into Borsippa , the citadel of Babylon , where Cyrus besieged him and the town for two years , B. c . 538 . The siege of Babylon was no easy enterprise . The walls of it were of a prodigious height ; a numerous army ...
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... defeated them in several encounters , in one of which Aristagoras was slain ; the island of Cyprus was again subjected to the Persians . According to the expectations of Hysticus , he was sent back to Ionia , in order to restore the ...
... defeated them in several encounters , in one of which Aristagoras was slain ; the island of Cyprus was again subjected to the Persians . According to the expectations of Hysticus , he was sent back to Ionia , in order to restore the ...
Page 167
... defeated the wings of the enemy , came up to the relief of the centre , and obtained a complete victory , killing a prodigious number , and pursuing the rest to the sea , where they set fire to the vessels . It was on this occasion that ...
... defeated the wings of the enemy , came up to the relief of the centre , and obtained a complete victory , killing a prodigious number , and pursuing the rest to the sea , where they set fire to the vessels . It was on this occasion that ...
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Page 132 - I will go before thee, and make the crooked places straight: I will break in pieces the gates of brass, and cut in sunder the bars of iron...
Page 132 - 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. 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 137 - 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 - Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, The Lord God of heaven hath given me all the kingdoms of the earth; and he hath charged me to build him an house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah.
Page 281 - No — man is dear to man ; the poorest poor Long for some moments in a weary life •' When they can know and feel that they have been, Themselves, the fathers and the dealers out Of some small blessings ; have been kind to such As needed kindness, for this single cause, That we have all of us one human heart.
Page 205 - And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven...
Page 112 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Page 69 - That day of wrath, that dreadful day, When heaven and earth shall pass away, What power shall be the sinner's stay ? How shall he meet that dreadful day...
Page 256 - Now that being broken, whereas four stood up for it, four kingdoms shall stand up out of the nation, but not in his power.
Page 138 - Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? His God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah ; and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, he is the God which is in Jerusalem.