Fragments of History: Narratives of Some of the Most Remarkable Events in Ancient and Modern Times, Selected with a View to Illustrate God's Providence, and Intended Chiefly for the YoungJ. Hughes, 1850 - 313 oldal |
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47. oldal
... baggage taken , with all the provisions , and the 400 waggons laden with corn and wine , which Cyrus had expressly caused to be carried along with the army for the Greeks in case of any pressing necessity . They passed the night in the ...
... baggage taken , with all the provisions , and the 400 waggons laden with corn and wine , which Cyrus had expressly caused to be carried along with the army for the Greeks in case of any pressing necessity . They passed the night in the ...
54. oldal
... baggage , and to keep only what is absolutely neces- sary for our march . " The soldiers lifted up their hands to signify their appro- bation and consent to all that had been said , and without loss of time set fire to their tents and ...
... baggage , and to keep only what is absolutely neces- sary for our march . " The soldiers lifted up their hands to signify their appro- bation and consent to all that had been said , and without loss of time set fire to their tents and ...
55. oldal
... baggage they had saved in the space between them . They formed a body of reserve of 600 chosen men , whom they divided into six companies , and subdivided by fifties and tens , to facilitate their movements , according as occasion might ...
... baggage they had saved in the space between them . They formed a body of reserve of 600 chosen men , whom they divided into six companies , and subdivided by fifties and tens , to facilitate their movements , according as occasion might ...
57. oldal
... baggage . Some soldiers were also left behind , having lost their sight , and others their toes , by the snow . Against the first evil the remedy was to wear something black before the eyes ; and against the other , to keep the legs ...
... baggage . Some soldiers were also left behind , having lost their sight , and others their toes , by the snow . Against the first evil the remedy was to wear something black before the eyes ; and against the other , to keep the legs ...
60. oldal
... baggage . The army continued its march , and lay ten days at Cerasus , 1 where there was a general review of the troops , who were found to amount to 8,600 men out of about 10,000 who had left Cunaxa ; the rest having died in the ...
... baggage . The army continued its march , and lay ten days at Cerasus , 1 where there was a general review of the troops , who were found to amount to 8,600 men out of about 10,000 who had left Cunaxa ; the rest having died in the ...
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Alexander Almagro Almighty ancient appeared arms arrived Artaxerxes Assyria Atabaliba Babylon baggage barbarians battle began body buried burnt calamity called carried cause cavalry chariot church Cilicia Clearchus commanded continued court Cuzco Cyrus danger Darius Darius's dead death dreadful empire enemy Euphrates favour feet fell fire flames foot French God's gold Gonzalo Gonzalo Pizarro Grecian Greeks half-morocco hand Herculaneum Holy horse houses Huescar Inca infantry infected inhabitants Jerusalem king land lava London Lord Macedonians manner Memnon mighty morocco mountain Napoleon night Nitocris observed officers palace parish Parmenio pass Persians persons Peru Pizarro plague plunder Pompeii present prince providence Quentin Matsys Quito rest river ruins Russians says sent shew ships side soldiers soon Spaniards stones stood streets suffered Syria temple things thither tion Tissaphernes took troops Truxillo victory visited walls whole army wing Xenophon
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126. oldal - And when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Then let them which are in Judea flee to the mountains ; and let them which are in the midst of it depart out; and let not them that are in the countries enter thereinto. For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled.
126. oldal - As for these things which ye behold, the days will come, in the which there shall not be left one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
69. oldal - And as I was considering, behold, an hegoat came from the west, on the face of the whole earth, and touched not the ground : and the goat had a notable horn between his eyes.
125. oldal - Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
126. oldal - And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
xvi. oldal - Who hath taken this counsel against Tyre, the crowning city, whose merchants are princes, whose traffickers are the honourable of the earth...
254. oldal - Why, as to that, said he, I very seldom go up the ship-side, but deliver what I bring to their boat, or lie by the side, and they hoist it on board ; if I did, I think they are in no danger from me, for I never go into any house on shore, or touch anybody, no, not of my own family ; but I fetch provisions for them.
119. oldal - Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the LORD thy God chasteneth thee. Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. For the LORD thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
xvi. oldal - And flocks shall lie down in the midst of her, all the beasts of the nations: both the cormorant and the bittern shall lodge in the upper lintels of it; their voice shall sing in the windows; desolation shall be in the thresholds: for he shall uncover the cedar work. This is the rejoicing city that dwelt carelessly, that said in her heart, " I am, and there is none beside me:" how is she become a desolation, a place for beasts to lie down in ! every one that passeth by her shall hiss, and wag his...
252. oldal - There, says he, they are all dead, the man and his wife and five children. There, says he, they are shut up ; you see a watchman at the door ; and so of other houses. Why...