Herodotus, Volume 2L. Hansard & Sons, 1812 |
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Halaman 28
... greatly oppressed his subjects by his avarice and ex- tortions : he amassed in gold and silver four hundred thousand talents ; a most incredible sum . - Larcher . nected with his palace by a wall . The man 28 EUTER PE .
... greatly oppressed his subjects by his avarice and ex- tortions : he amassed in gold and silver four hundred thousand talents ; a most incredible sum . - Larcher . nected with his palace by a wall . The man 28 EUTER PE .
Halaman 36
... thousand years . But the attempt is partial and unavailing ; and it is with a more philosophic spirit that Mahomet relies on the omnipotence of the Creator , whose word can reanimate the breathless clay , and collect the innumerable ...
... thousand years . But the attempt is partial and unavailing ; and it is with a more philosophic spirit that Mahomet relies on the omnipotence of the Creator , whose word can reanimate the breathless clay , and collect the innumerable ...
Halaman 41
Herodotus. transport them to a mountain of Libya . For this service an hundred thousand men were em- ployed , who were relieved every three months . Ten years were consumed in the hard labour of forming the road , through which these ...
Herodotus. transport them to a mountain of Libya . For this service an hundred thousand men were em- ployed , who were relieved every three months . Ten years were consumed in the hard labour of forming the road , through which these ...
Halaman 43
... thousand yards in length , and twenty feet wide , built of hewn stone . The length of it agreeing so well with the account of Herodotus , is a strong confirmation that this causeway has been kept up ever since , though some of the ...
... thousand yards in length , and twenty feet wide , built of hewn stone . The length of it agreeing so well with the account of Herodotus , is a strong confirmation that this causeway has been kept up ever since , though some of the ...
Halaman 49
... thousand six hundred talents . If this be true , how much more must it have necessarily cost for iron tools , food , and clothes for the workmen , particularly when we consider the length of time they were employed on the building ...
... thousand six hundred talents . If this be true , how much more must it have necessarily cost for iron tools , food , and clothes for the workmen , particularly when we consider the length of time they were employed on the building ...
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according Ægypt Ægyptians Æsop affirm afterwards Amasis amongst ancient animal Apollo appears Apries Arabian Aristeas army arrived Asia asserted Athenæus authority Babylon Babylonians body brother called Cambyses camels canal chap circumstance cubits custom Cyrus Darius daughter death deity Democedes Diodorus Siculus divine earth Egypt erected Ethiopians father feet gold Greece Greeks Gulph Hercules Herodotus honour horse hundred Hyperboreans Ichthyophagi Indians inhabitants island Issedones king Lacedæmonians lake Larcher learned length Mæandrius magus Major Rennel Memphis mentioned nations never Nile observed opinion oracle Otanes passage Pausanias Periander Persians person Phoenicians Pliny Plutarch Polycrates present Prexaspes priests prince probably Psammitichus pyramid reader reign remarks river sacred Samians Samos satrapy says Scythians seems seen sent Sesostris Smerdis soon speak stone Strabo supposed Syloson talents temple thians thing thousand tion vessel voyage whilst Zopyrus
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Halaman 138 - O ! why did God, Creator wise, that peopled highest Heaven With spirits masculine, create at last This novelty on Earth, this fair defect Of Nature, and not fill the world at once With men, as angels, without feminine ; Or find some other way to generate Mankind...
Halaman 164 - And it came to pass, as. the camels had done drinking, that the man took a golden earring of half a shekel weight, and two bracelets for her hands of ten shekels weight of gold; and said, Whose daughter art thou?
Halaman 436 - Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down upon the beard, even Aaron's beard: that went down to the skirts of his garments; As the dew of Hermon, and as the dew that descended upon the mountains of Zion: for there the Lord commanded the blessing, even life for evermore.
Halaman 263 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Halaman 152 - No, you unnatural hags, I will have such revenges on you both, That all the world shall — I will do such things, — What they are, yet I know not ; but they shall be The terrors of the earth. You think...
Halaman 32 - In the same day shall the Lord shave with a razor that is hired, namely, by them beyond the river by the king of Assyria, the head, and the hair of the feet: and it shall also consume the beard.
Halaman 152 - You see me here, you gods, a poor old man, As full of grief as age, wretched in both. If it be you that stirs these daughters...
Halaman 194 - Fortune, that with malicious joy Does man her slave oppress, Proud of her office to destroy, Is seldom pleased to bless : Still various, and unconstant still, But with an inclination to be ill, Promotes, degrades, delights in strife, And makes a lottery of life. I can enjoy her while she's kind ; But when she dances in the wind, And shakes...
Halaman 101 - And when they of Ashdod arose early on the morrow, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the earth before the ark of the LORD.
Halaman 227 - Laud be to God ! — even there my life must end. It hath been prophesied to me many years, I should not die but in Jerusalem ; Which vainly I suppos'd, the Holy Land : — But, bear me to that chamber ; there I'll lie ; In that Jerusalem shall Harry die.