Great Events: Described by Distinguished Historians, Chroniclers, and Other WritersFrancis Lieber Harper, 1862 - Всего страниц: 415 |
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... Persian wars , we must not forget , that he wrote very short- ly after ; and , very evidently , was at great pains ... Persians had already advanced , ) by the Athenians , and some allies , under Miltiades . Aristides fought , likewise ...
... Persian wars , we must not forget , that he wrote very short- ly after ; and , very evidently , was at great pains ... Persians had already advanced , ) by the Athenians , and some allies , under Miltiades . Aristides fought , likewise ...
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... Persian , was composed of three hundred Spartans , in complete armor ; five hundred Tegeatæ , and as many Mantineans ; one hundred and twenty men from Or- chomenus of Arcadia ; a thousand men from the rest of Arcadia ; four hundred ...
... Persian , was composed of three hundred Spartans , in complete armor ; five hundred Tegeatæ , and as many Mantineans ; one hundred and twenty men from Or- chomenus of Arcadia ; a thousand men from the rest of Arcadia ; four hundred ...
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... Persian , that they consulted about a retreat . Those of the Peloponnesus were , in general , of opinion , that they should return , and guard the isthmus ; but , as the Pho- ceans and Locrians were exceedingly averse to this meas- ure ...
... Persian , that they consulted about a retreat . Those of the Peloponnesus were , in general , of opinion , that they should return , and guard the isthmus ; but , as the Pho- ceans and Locrians were exceedingly averse to this meas- ure ...
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... Persians was prodigious , and a few also of the Spartans fell . The Persians , after successive efforts , made with great bodies of their troops , to gain the pass , were una- ble to accomplish it , and obliged to retire . It is said of ...
... Persians was prodigious , and a few also of the Spartans fell . The Persians , after successive efforts , made with great bodies of their troops , to gain the pass , were una- ble to accomplish it , and obliged to retire . It is said of ...
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... Persians , experiencing a repetition of the same treatment , a second time retired . While the King was exceedingly perplexed , what con duct to pursue , in the present emergence , Ephialtes , the son of Eurydemus , a Melian ...
... Persians , experiencing a repetition of the same treatment , a second time retired . While the King was exceedingly perplexed , what con duct to pursue , in the present emergence , Ephialtes , the son of Eurydemus , a Melian ...
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Стр. 146 - THE Lord hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion...
Стр. 315 - My loving people ! We have been persuaded, by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit ourselves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery ; but I assure you, I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people.
Стр. 315 - I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman ; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm...
Стр. 129 - But their strength and ammunition were exhausted in this laborious defence ; the ditch was filled with the bodies of the slain ; they supported the footsteps of their companions ; and of this devoted vanguard, the death was more serviceable than the life. Under their respective bashaws and sanjaks,* the troops of Anatolia and Romania were successively led to the charge.
Стр. 276 - I take God and all the world to witness that I have been to you a true, humble, and obedient wife, ever conformable to your will and pleasure...
Стр. 110 - Thus this brook has conveyed his ashes into Avon, Avon into Severn, Severn into the narrow seas, they into the main ocean; and thus the ashes of Wickliffe are the emblem of his doctrine, which now is dispersed all the world over."* — Church History.
Стр. 278 - I could in my fantasy wish or desire. She hath all the virtuous qualities that ought to be in a woman of her dignity, or in any other of baser estate. Surely she is also a noble woman born, if nothing were in her, but only her conditions will well declare the same.
Стр. 122 - ... bravest of the Janizaries might tremble on a new element. In the Christian squadron five stout and lofty ships were guided by skilful pilots, and manned with the veterans of Italy and Greece, long practised in the arts and perils of the sea. Their weight was directed to sink or scatter the weak obstacles that impeded their passage: their artillery swept the waters; their liquid fire was poured on the heads of the adversaries, who, with the design of boarding, presumed to approach them; and the...
Стр. 280 - Canterbury, axing your licence (forasmuch as you were our metropolitan) to put this matter in question ; and so I did of all you, my lords, to the which ye have all granted by writing under all your seals, the which I have here to be showed.
Стр. 137 - From St. Sophia he proceeded to the august, but desolate mansion of a hundred successors of the great Constantine, but which in a few hours had been stripped of the pomp of royalty. A melancholy reflection on the vicissitudes of human greatness forced itself on his mind; and he repeated an elegant distich of Persian poetry: "The spider has wove his web in the Imperial palace; and the owl hath sung her watch-song on the towers of Afrasiab.