The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Grecians, Band 3W. J. & J. Richardson, 1804 |
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... contravallation , with forts in the most com- modious places ; so that it was blocked up , both by sea and land , in the beginning of winter . The Athe- nians were in such great want of money for carrying on this siege , that they were ...
... contravallation , with forts in the most com- modious places ; so that it was blocked up , both by sea and land , in the beginning of winter . The Athe- nians were in such great want of money for carrying on this siege , that they were ...
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... contravallation ; and that which is made to prevent any succours from without , is named circumvallation . Both these fortifications were used in this siege ; however , for brevity sake , I shall use only the former term . The ...
... contravallation ; and that which is made to prevent any succours from without , is named circumvallation . Both these fortifications were used in this siege ; however , for brevity sake , I shall use only the former term . The ...
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... contravallation , and ran to that part where they heard the noise ; and torches were held up towards Thebes , to shew that they must run that way . But those in the city , to render the signal of no use , made others at the same time in ...
... contravallation , and ran to that part where they heard the noise ; and torches were held up towards Thebes , to shew that they must run that way . But those in the city , to render the signal of no use , made others at the same time in ...
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... contravallation . The besiegers , after having pursued them to no purpose , returned to their camp . In the mean time , the Platæans who remained in the city , supposing that all their companions had been killed , ( because those who ...
... contravallation . The besiegers , after having pursued them to no purpose , returned to their camp . In the mean time , the Platæans who remained in the city , supposing that all their companions had been killed , ( because those who ...
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... contravallation , by obliging them to give a larger extent to it . This part , in all probability , had been neglected , because it seemed to be sufficiently defended by its rugged and steep situa- tion . They also garrisoned Megara and ...
... contravallation , by obliging them to give a larger extent to it . This part , in all probability , had been neglected , because it seemed to be sufficiently defended by its rugged and steep situa- tion . They also garrisoned Megara and ...
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Seite 138 - And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease, and for the overspreading of abominations he shall make it desolate, even until the consummation, and that determined shall be poured upon the desolate.
Seite 138 - Know therefore and understand, that from the going forth of the commandment to restore and to build Jerusalem unto the Messiah the Prince shall be seven weeks, and threescore and two weeks : the street shall be built again, and the wall, even in troublous times. And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself...
Seite 137 - Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people, and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
Seite 18 - 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 sixty vessels 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 the ^Egean sea they put three hundred and fourteen.
Seite 66 - The whole day passed in this manner without their coming to action. In the evening the Grecians held a council of war, in which it was resolved, that they should decamp from the place they were in, and march to another, more conveniently situated for water. Night being...
Seite 483 - ... says Plutarch, more passionately, than to conquer Cyrus himself, or to preserve the sovereignty of his estates. Those ten thousand men, however, notwithstanding so many obstacles, carried their point, and arrived, through a thousand dangers, victorious and triumphant in their own country.
Seite 138 - And after threescore and two weeks shall Messiah be cut off, but not for himself: and the people of the prince that shall come shall destroy the city and the sanctuary ; and the end thereof shall be with a flood, and unto the end of the war desolations are determined.
Seite 443 - Clearchus, who comn anded them, had occasion for all his address and ability to stifle this commotion in its birth. At first he made use of authority and force, but with very ill success, and desisted therefore from...
Seite 359 - ... of my old age. I cannot, indeed, forbear admiring their courage and felicity, in sacrificing to their country's welfare a life, of which they would one day have been deprived by the common course of nature : but then I cannot but be strongly affected...
Seite 343 - All these gallies were richly trimmed; their prows being adorned with shining streamers, manned with stout rowers, commanded by good officers, and echoing with the sound of clarions and trumpets; Demosthenes having affected an air of pomp and triumph, purposely to strike terror into the enemy. This gallant sight alarmed them indeed beyond expression. They did not see any end, or even the least suspension of their calamities: All they had hitherto done or suffered was as nothing, and their work was...