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... command of the sea . In the plains of Tunis , too , were fought those battles which confirmed the ascendency of Rome , and laid the foundations of that colossal empire , whose ter- ritory extended from the Danube to the Atlas Moun ...
... command of the sea . In the plains of Tunis , too , were fought those battles which confirmed the ascendency of Rome , and laid the foundations of that colossal empire , whose ter- ritory extended from the Danube to the Atlas Moun ...
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... Command there - Victory over Gelimer - He reduces Car- thage - Conquest of Africa - Surrender of Gelimer - Decay of the Vandal Power - Africa gradually relapses into Barbarism -Commerce and Agriculture languish - Arrival of the Sara ...
... Command there - Victory over Gelimer - He reduces Car- thage - Conquest of Africa - Surrender of Gelimer - Decay of the Vandal Power - Africa gradually relapses into Barbarism -Commerce and Agriculture languish - Arrival of the Sara ...
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... command of the expedition , with the view of realizing a plan which had ori- ginated with himself as the most likely means for subduing Hannibal . The landing was effected without any loss ; for consternation had pervaded all the coast ...
... command of the expedition , with the view of realizing a plan which had ori- ginated with himself as the most likely means for subduing Hannibal . The landing was effected without any loss ; for consternation had pervaded all the coast ...
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... command of the army . Sall . Jugurth . , c . xxviii . " Quæ , quanquam gravia et flagitii plena erant ; tamen quia mortis metu mutabant , secuti Regi libuerat , pax convenit . " Rage and shame filled the breasts of the senators when 40 ...
... command of the army . Sall . Jugurth . , c . xxviii . " Quæ , quanquam gravia et flagitii plena erant ; tamen quia mortis metu mutabant , secuti Regi libuerat , pax convenit . " Rage and shame filled the breasts of the senators when 40 ...
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... command of that tyrant , who either coveted his riches or envied his popularity . He was the last king of Africa for many ages ; his dominions at his death being incorporated with the contiguous provinces , and governed by a pretor or ...
... command of that tyrant , who either coveted his riches or envied his popularity . He was the last king of Africa for many ages ; his dominions at his death being incorporated with the contiguous provinces , and governed by a pretor or ...
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Seite 26 - Within a long recess there lies a bay, An island shades it from the rolling sea, And forms a port secure for ships to ride, Broke by the jutting land on either side: In double streams the briny waters glide. Betwixt two rows of rocks, a sylvan scene Appears above, and groves for ever green...
Seite 38 - Yet come it will, the day decreed by fates! (How my heart trembles while my tongue relates!) The day when thou, imperial Troy! must bend, And see thy warriors fall, thy glories end.
Seite 109 - Aristotle collect and methodize our ideas, and his syllogism is the keenest weapon of dispute. It was dexterously wielded in the schools of the Saracens, but as it is more effectual for the detection of error than for the investigation of truth, it is not surprising that new generations of masters and disciples should still revolve in the same circle of logical argument.
Seite 85 - But the victories and the losses of Justinian were alike pernicious to mankind; and such was the desolation of Africa, that in many parts a stranger might wander whole days without meeting the face either of a friend or an enemy.
Seite 211 - If she is to be married to a man who has discharged, dispatched, or lost a former wife, the shackles which the former wife wore, are put upon the new bride's limbs, and she is fed until they are filled up to the proper thickness. The food used for this...
Seite 109 - Egypt ; much useful experience had been acquired in the practice of arts and manufactures but the science of chemistry owes its origin and improvement to the industry of the Saracens. They first invented and named the alembic for the purposes of distillation, analyzed the substances of the three kingdoms of nature, tried the distinction and affinities of alkalis and acids, and converted the poisonous minerals into soft and salutary medicines.
Seite 86 - Romans and their allies, who perished by the climate, their mutual quarrels, and the rage of the barbarians. When Procopius first landed, he admired the populousness of the cities and country, strenuously exercised in the labours of commerce and agriculture. In less than twenty years that busy scene was converted into a silent solitude...
Seite 219 - civil honours gradually ascended from the procurators of « the streets, and quarters of the city, to the tribunal of the « supreme magistrate , who , with the title of proconsul , « represented the state and dignity of a consul of ancient « Rome. Schools and gymnasia were instituted for the edu...
Seite 172 - Their immense branches, coarse when near, are neat and distinct at a distance. The land lying low and very level, the naked stems of these trees are scarcely seen ; and the plantations of dates seem to extend many miles in luxuriant woods and groves. The whole town appears in a semicircle some time before reaching the harbour's mouth. The extreme whiteness of the buildings, flat, square, and covered with lime, encountering the sun's fiercest rays, is not less striking than oppressive. The baths form...
Seite 107 - He was not ignorant," says Abulpharagius, " that those are the elect of God, his best and most useful servants, whose lives are devoted to the improvement of their intellectual faculties. The mean ambition of the Chinese, or the Turks, may glory in the industry of their hands, or the indulgence of their sensual propensities ; though these dexterous artists must view with hopeless emulation the hexagons and pyramids of a beehive, and acknowledge the superior strength of lions and tigers. The teachers...