 | Joseph Guy (of Bristol.) - 1836 - 340 páginas
...their master will find means to pass its waters in spite of its billows and resistance. Xerxes then commanded two other bridges to be built, — one for...and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. When the work was completed Xerxes poured out libations into the sea, and turning his face towards... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1838 - 336 páginas
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built, in the place of the former; one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burthen. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, gave their labours greater stability:... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1841 - 384 páginas
...their heads struck off, that had been charged with the direction and management of that undertaking. Xerxes* commanded two other bridges to be built, one...over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of bur den. He appointed workmen more able and expert than the for raer, who went about it in this manner... | |
 | Robert Benjamin Lewis - 1844 - 414 páginas
...their heads struck off", that had been charged with the direction and management of that undertaking. Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one...across, some of them having three banks of oars, and others fifty oars apiece, with their sides turned towards the Euxine sea; and on the side that faced... | |
 | John Lauris Blake - 1846 - 296 páginas
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. The 'workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give their labors greater... | |
 | Charles Rollin - 1853 - 476 páginas
...their heads struck off, that had been charged with the direction and management of that under taking.* Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one for the army to pnss over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. He appointed workmen more able and expert... | |
 | Leonidas I (king of Sparta.) - 1854 - 80 páginas
...been charged with the direction and management of the undertaking, to have their heads struck off. Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one...appointed workmen more able and expert than the former. They placed three hundred and sixty vessels across, some of them having three banks of oars, and others... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 748 páginas
...Thus having given vent to his resentment, he ordered two bridges to be built in place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burthen. The new work consisted of two broad causeways alongside of one another, each resting upon... | |
 | William Smith - 1854 - 676 páginas
...Thus having given vent to his resentment, he ordered two bridges to be built in place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burthen. The new work consisted of two broad causeways alongside of one another, each resting upon... | |
 | William Smith - 1855 - 708 páginas
...Thus having given vent to his resentment, he ordered two bridges to be built in place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. The new work consisted of two broad causeways alongside of one another, each resting upon a row of... | |
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Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. He appointed workmen more able and expert than the former, who went about it in this manner. They placed three hundred and... 
