Ruins of Ancient Cities: With General and Particular Accounts of Their Rise, Fall, and Present Condition, 2. kötetHarper & brothers, 1841 |
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16. oldal
... horse , and receiving a deep wound in his head , he was taken prisoner by the enemy , who car- ried him to Messene . 66 Upon the arrival of the news that Philopomen was taken prisoner and on his way to the city , the Messenians ran to ...
... horse , and receiving a deep wound in his head , he was taken prisoner by the enemy , who car- ried him to Messene . 66 Upon the arrival of the news that Philopomen was taken prisoner and on his way to the city , the Messenians ran to ...
31. oldal
... horse , and chariot races ; boxing , wrestling , and contests of every kind , both gymnastic and equestrian . They were cele- brated on the 1st and 3d of every Olympiad , and continued long after those of Olympia were abol- ished . In ...
... horse , and chariot races ; boxing , wrestling , and contests of every kind , both gymnastic and equestrian . They were cele- brated on the 1st and 3d of every Olympiad , and continued long after those of Olympia were abol- ished . In ...
44. oldal
... horse Phallas , surpassed the bravest of his warriors ; he was wounded in the hip with a spear ; his steed , also , was wounded in the thigh ; but he carried his master safe and victo- rious through the triple phalanx of the enemy . In ...
... horse Phallas , surpassed the bravest of his warriors ; he was wounded in the hip with a spear ; his steed , also , was wounded in the thigh ; but he carried his master safe and victo- rious through the triple phalanx of the enemy . In ...
54. oldal
... horse , and the foot race . 1. OF THE FOOTRACE . - The runners ranged them- selves in a line , after having drawn lots for their pla- ces . While they were waiting the signal to start , they practised , by way of prelude , various ...
... horse , and the foot race . 1. OF THE FOOTRACE . - The runners ranged them- selves in a line , after having drawn lots for their pla- ces . While they were waiting the signal to start , they practised , by way of prelude , various ...
55. oldal
... horses as near as possible to the turning ; for which reason , always inclining your body over your chariot , get to the left of your com- petitors ; and , encouraging the horse on the right , give him the rein , while the near - horse ...
... horses as near as possible to the turning ; for which reason , always inclining your body over your chariot , get to the left of your com- petitors ; and , encouraging the horse on the right , give him the rein , while the near - horse ...
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42. oldal - Like the leaves of the forest when Summer is green, That host with their banners at sunset were seen; Like the leaves of the forest when Autumn hath blown, That host on the morrow lay withered and strown . For the Angel of Death spread his wings on the blast, And breathed in the face of the foe as he passed...
261. oldal - Remember therefore how thou hast received and heard, and hold fast, and repent. If therefore thou shalt not watch, I will come on thee as a thief, and thou shalt not know what hour I will come upon thee.
260. oldal - And unto the angel of the church in Sardis write; These things saith he that hath the seven Spirits of God, and the seven stars; I know thy works, that thou hast a name that thou livest, and art dead.
36. oldal - Let neither man nor beast, herd nor flock, taste any thing: let them not feed, nor drink water. But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God : yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
256. oldal - SEE the wild waste of all-devouring years! How Rome her own sad sepulchre appears ! With nodding arches, broken temples spread, The very tombs now vanish'd like their dead!
149. oldal - And the house of Jacob shall be a fire, and the house of Joseph a flame, and the house of Esau for stubble, and they shall kindle in them, and devour them ; and there shall not be any remaining of the house of Esau ; for the Lord hath spoken it.
149. oldal - But the cormorant and the bittern shall possess it ; the owl also and the raven shall dwell in it : and he shall stretch out upon it the line of confusion, and the stones of emptiness.
356. oldal - And her merchandise and her hire shall be holiness to the LORD : it shall not be treasured nor laid up ; for her merchandise shall be for them that dwell before the LORD, to eat sufficiently, and for durable clothing.
213. oldal - There is a stern round tower of other days, Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What was this tower of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? — A woman's grave.
41. oldal - And it came to pass that night, that the angel of the LORD went out, and smote in the camp of the Assyrians an hundred fourscore and five thousand : and when they arose early in the morning, behold, they were all dead corpses.