Things Not Generally Known: Curiosities of HistoryKent & Company, 1858 - 247 oldal |
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... ELEPHANT . We first read of elephants in a field of battle in the accounts of the battle of Arbela , 331 B.C. , when Darius had among his forces fifteen of these animals . When Alexander forced the passage of the Hydaspes ( Jelum ) ...
... ELEPHANT . We first read of elephants in a field of battle in the accounts of the battle of Arbela , 331 B.C. , when Darius had among his forces fifteen of these animals . When Alexander forced the passage of the Hydaspes ( Jelum ) ...
38. oldal
... elephants , taken in Sicily , were pro- duced ; and Pliny relates , that these animals had been seen in Rome twenty - three years before , in the triumph of M. D. Den- * Professor Owen relates the following interesting confirmation of ...
... elephants , taken in Sicily , were pro- duced ; and Pliny relates , that these animals had been seen in Rome twenty - three years before , in the triumph of M. D. Den- * Professor Owen relates the following interesting confirmation of ...
39. oldal
... elephants , bears , & c . , 150 panthers were shown for the first time , When Pompey dedicated his theatre , u.c. 704 , 17 elephants and 600 lions were killed in the course of five days , besides 400 panthers , & c . A rhinoceros also ...
... elephants , bears , & c . , 150 panthers were shown for the first time , When Pompey dedicated his theatre , u.c. 704 , 17 elephants and 600 lions were killed in the course of five days , besides 400 panthers , & c . A rhinoceros also ...
67. oldal
... elephants ' teeth which Cadmus as a rich Phoenician had brought over with him . The sons of Draco sold these elephants ' teeth , and employed the proceeds to levy troops against Cadmus . Dædalus , instead of flying across the sea on ...
... elephants ' teeth which Cadmus as a rich Phoenician had brought over with him . The sons of Draco sold these elephants ' teeth , and employed the proceeds to levy troops against Cadmus . Dædalus , instead of flying across the sea on ...
111. oldal
... ELEPHANT FIRST SEEN IN ENGLAND . Polyænus , who wrote about A.D. 180 , has left us this sin- gular picture of Roman strategy , in his Strategematum : " Cæsar attempting to cross a large river in Britain , Cassolau- lus , king of the ...
... ELEPHANT FIRST SEEN IN ENGLAND . Polyænus , who wrote about A.D. 180 , has left us this sin- gular picture of Roman strategy , in his Strategematum : " Cæsar attempting to cross a large river in Britain , Cassolau- lus , king of the ...
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63. oldal - 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...
174. oldal - Sidmouth, and of the conduct of the excellent Mrs. Partington on that occasion. In the winter of 1824, there set in a great flood upon that town ; the tide rose to an incredible height ; the waves rushed in upon the houses, and everything was threatened with destruction. In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house, with mop and pattens, trundling her mop...
70. oldal - With many a weary step, and many a groan, Up the high hill he heaves a huge round stone; The huge round stone, resulting with a bound, Thunders impetuous down, and smokes along the ground.
3. oldal - I am Raphael, one of the seven holy angels, which present the prayers of the saints, and which go in and out before the glory of the Holy One.
93. oldal - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
174. oldal - In the midst of this sublime and terrible storm, Dame Partington, who lived upon the beach, was seen at the door of her house with mop and pattens, trundling her mop, squeezing out the sea-water, and vigorously pushing away the Atlantic Ocean. The Atlantic was roused. Mrs. Parting-ton's spirit was up ; but I need not tell you that the contest was unequal. The Atlantic Ocean beat Mrs. Partington. She was excellent at a slop, or a puddle, but she should not have meddled with a tempest. Gentlemen, be...
231. oldal - The True History of the State Prisoner, commonly called the Iron Mask...
187. oldal - We can do nothing without the blue stockings ; ' and thus by degrees the title was established.
208. oldal - In the canons of a council at London, in 1102, we read : Let no one from henceforth presume to carry on that wicked traffic, by which men of England have hitherto been sold like brute animals.
185. oldal - Would he oblige me? let me only find, He does not think me what he thinks mankind.