Historical and miscellaneous questionsD. Appleton & Company, 1859 - 396 oldal |
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... monarchs continued the war with the Greeks , who , in many hard- fought battles , had opportunities for the exercise of that fortitude and patriotism which the freedom of their government inspired . Which side proved victorious ? During ...
... monarchs continued the war with the Greeks , who , in many hard- fought battles , had opportunities for the exercise of that fortitude and patriotism which the freedom of their government inspired . Which side proved victorious ? During ...
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... monarch , and established the Macedonian empire upon the ruins of the Persian . What became of Alexander ? He died in the prime of life , in the midst of a rapid career of victory , at Babylon , in the year B.C. 323 . What progress did ...
... monarch , and established the Macedonian empire upon the ruins of the Persian . What became of Alexander ? He died in the prime of life , in the midst of a rapid career of victory , at Babylon , in the year B.C. 323 . What progress did ...
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... 148 ; Greece , two years after , by the name of Achaia . What monarch yielded last to the Romans ? Mithridates , king of Pontus , in Asia Minor : he was vanquished successively by Sylla , Lucullus , and B 6 ROME , GREECE , ETC. 11.
... 148 ; Greece , two years after , by the name of Achaia . What monarch yielded last to the Romans ? Mithridates , king of Pontus , in Asia Minor : he was vanquished successively by Sylla , Lucullus , and B 6 ROME , GREECE , ETC. 11.
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... monarch , until he and his brave companions fell . What were the words of the monument erected to the memory of Leonidas and his brave com- panions ? " Go , passenger , and tell at Sparta , that we died here in obedience to her sacred ...
... monarch , until he and his brave companions fell . What were the words of the monument erected to the memory of Leonidas and his brave com- panions ? " Go , passenger , and tell at Sparta , that we died here in obedience to her sacred ...
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... monarch asked , how he would be treated ? " Do " As a king , ” replied Porus . you , then , wish for nothing more ? " said Alex- ander . " No ; all things are comprehended in that sentence . " Alexander , touched by his great- ness of ...
... monarch asked , how he would be treated ? " Do " As a king , ” replied Porus . you , then , wish for nothing more ? " said Alex- ander . " No ; all things are comprehended in that sentence . " Alexander , touched by his great- ness of ...
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302. oldal - Three poets in three distant ages born, Greece, Italy, and England did adorn; The first in loftiness of thought surpassed, The next in majesty; in both the last. The force of Nature could no further go, To make a third she joined the former two.
544. oldal - Wherefore we receiving a kingdom which cannot be moved, let us have grace, whereby we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear ; for our God is a consuming fire.
522. oldal - Hath the LORD as great delight in burnt offerings and sacrifices, As in obeying the voice of the LORD ? Behold, to obey is better than sacrifice, And to hearken than the fat of rams.
525. oldal - ... that it was much better to fall into the hands of God, than into those of his enemies.
521. oldal - And it came to pass, when the ark set forward, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered; and let them that hate thee flee before thee.
504. oldal - Pharaoh sent, and called for Moses and Aaron, and said unto them, I have sinned this time : the Lord is righteous, and I and my people are wicked. Entreat the Lord (for it is enough) that there be no more mighty thunderings and hail ; and I will let yoii go, and ye shall stay no longer.
322. oldal - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagined new : Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
545. oldal - Maunder's Biographical Treasury; consisting of Memoirs, Sketches, and brief Notices of above 12,000 Eminent Persons of All Ages and Nations, from the Earliest Period of History: Forming a new and complete Dictionary of Universal Biography.
517. oldal - Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.
528. oldal - O altar, altar, thus saith the LORD ; Behold, a child shall be born unto the house of David, Josiah by name ; and upon thee shall he offer the priests of the high places that burn incense upon thee, and men's bones shall be burnt upon thee.