The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes & Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Volumen6T. Clark, Portland; W. & D. Tredwell [i.e. Treadwell], Portsmouth; Munroe & Francis, Boston; J. Bioren, and T.L. Plowman, Philadelphia., 1805 |
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Página 170 - And in the end of years they shall join themselves together; for the king's daughter of the south shall come to the king of the north to make an agreement: but she shall not retain the power of the arm; neither shall he stand, nor his arm: but she shall be given up, and they that brought her, and he that begat her, and he that strengthened her in these times.
Página 186 - ... the Most High ruleth in the kingdom of men, and giveth it to whomsoever he will.
Página 170 - And the king of the south shall be strong, and one of his princes; and he shall be strong above him, and have dominion; his dominion shall be a great dominion.
Página 179 - ... of the king of the north, and shall deal against them, and shall prevail: and shall also carry captives into Egypt their gods, with their princes, and with their precious vessels of silver and of gold ; and he shall continue more years than the king of the north. So the king of the south shall come into his kingdom, and shall return into his own land.
Página 169 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled : for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Página 169 - Also I in the first year of Darius the Mede, even I, stood to confirm and to strengthen him. "And now will I shew thee the truth. Behold, there shall stand up yet three kings in Persia; and the fourth shall be far richer than they all : and by his strength through his riches he shall stir up all against the realm of Grecia.
Página 80 - Athenians, who came to apprise him that he could not be admitted into their city, because the people had, by a decree, prohibited the reception of any of the kings ; they also informed him that his consort, Deidamia, had been conducted to Megara with all the honors and attendance due to her dignity.
Página 98 - Omar, the then khalif, whose answer was, that if those books contained the same • •doctrine with the koran they could not be of any use, because the...
Página 115 - Ceraunus, on whom he had conferred innumerable honours and obligations ; for he had received him into hia court, when he fled from his own country, and had treated him suitably to his rank. He had also carried that prince with him in this expedition ; intending, when it should be completed, to employ the same forces for his establishment on the throne of his father in Egypt.
Página 159 - ... the Senate to give an account of their embassy, after their arrival at Rome, they deposited all those presents in the Public Treasury, and made it evident, by so noble a conduct, that persons of honour ought, when they serve the public, to propose no other advantage to themselves, than the honour of acquitting themselves well of their duty. The Republic, however, would not suffer itself to be exceeded in generosity of sentiments. The Senate and people came to a resolution, that the ambassadors,...