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... Herodotus records , book iii . Cambyses , when he conquered Egypt , made Psammeticus the king prisoner ; and for trying his con- stancy , ordered his daughter to be dressed in the habit of a slave , and to be employed in bringing water ...
... Herodotus records , book iii . Cambyses , when he conquered Egypt , made Psammeticus the king prisoner ; and for trying his con- stancy , ordered his daughter to be dressed in the habit of a slave , and to be employed in bringing water ...
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... Herodotus , lib . iv . calls them alwxo The word is Phoenician , and derived from pethica , i . e . titulus . See Bocchart's Chanaan , lib . ii , cap . 3. But Scaliger does not agree . Morin derives it from inxos , monkey , this animal ...
... Herodotus , lib . iv . calls them alwxo The word is Phoenician , and derived from pethica , i . e . titulus . See Bocchart's Chanaan , lib . ii , cap . 3. But Scaliger does not agree . Morin derives it from inxos , monkey , this animal ...
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... Herodotus placed them at the prow . Scaliger , Bochart , and Sel- den , have taken some pains about this subject . - M . Morin has also given us a learned dissertation on this head , in the Memoires de l'Acad . des Inscript . et Belles ...
... Herodotus placed them at the prow . Scaliger , Bochart , and Sel- den , have taken some pains about this subject . - M . Morin has also given us a learned dissertation on this head , in the Memoires de l'Acad . des Inscript . et Belles ...
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... Herodotus allots it to Bottiæa , a maritime district on the Sinus Thermaicus . It was the royal residence , situated on an eminence , verging to the south - west , encompassed with unpassable marshes summer and winter : in which , next ...
... Herodotus allots it to Bottiæa , a maritime district on the Sinus Thermaicus . It was the royal residence , situated on an eminence , verging to the south - west , encompassed with unpassable marshes summer and winter : in which , next ...
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... Herodotus , As it commanded the entrance of the country on the side of Asia , the Pharaohs rendered it a considerable fortress : one of them raised a rampart of 30 leagues in length from the walls of this town to Heliopolis . But we ...
... Herodotus , As it commanded the entrance of the country on the side of Asia , the Pharaohs rendered it a considerable fortress : one of them raised a rampart of 30 leagues in length from the walls of this town to Heliopolis . But we ...
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Page 30 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Page 32 - That it should come to this! But two months dead: nay, not so much, not two: So excellent a king; that was, to this, Hyperion to a satyr; so loving to my mother That he might not beteem the winds of heaven Visit her face too roughly.
Page 30 - Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain, And when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake...
Page 31 - Rumble thy bellyful ! Spit, fire ! spout, rain ! Nor rain, wind, thunder, fire, are my daughters: I tax not you, you elements, with unkindness ; I never gave you kingdom, call'd you children, You owe me no subscription: then, let fall Your horrible pleasure; here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and...
Page 259 - That ye receive her in the Lord, as becometh saints, and that ye assist her in whatsoever business she hath need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also.
Page 30 - ... tis true, this god did shake ; His coward lips did from their colour fly, And that same eye whose bend doth awe the world Did lose his lustre : I did hear him groan : Ay, and that tongue of his that bade the Romans Mark him and write his speeches in their books, Alas, it cried, 'Give me some drink, Titinius,
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Page 30 - Dar'st thou, Cassius, now Leap in with me into this angry flood, And swim to yonder point ? ' Upon the word, Accoutred as I was, I plunged in And bade him follow : so indeed he did. The torrent...
Page 17 - As the partridge sitteth on eggs, and hatcheth them not; so he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
Page 31 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...