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Side 130
... Polycrates , the son of Eax . He had no such motive of attachment to Lindus , but was moved by the report that the temple of Minerva was The ancient heathens were accustomed to paint their idols of a red colour , as appears from the ...
... Polycrates , the son of Eax . He had no such motive of attachment to Lindus , but was moved by the report that the temple of Minerva was The ancient heathens were accustomed to paint their idols of a red colour , as appears from the ...
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... Polycrates , the son of Eaces , who had forcibly possessed himself of Samos . He had divided it into three parts , assigning one to each of his brothers Pantag- notus and Syloson . He afterwards , having killed Pantagnotus , and ...
... Polycrates , the son of Eaces , who had forcibly possessed himself of Samos . He had divided it into three parts , assigning one to each of his brothers Pantag- notus and Syloson . He afterwards , having killed Pantagnotus , and ...
Side 192
... most remote and nations the most barbarous , the various treatment which prisoners of war have experienced : from the period , and from those who put in XL . The great prosperity of Polycrates ex- cited both 192 THALI A.
... most remote and nations the most barbarous , the various treatment which prisoners of war have experienced : from the period , and from those who put in XL . The great prosperity of Polycrates ex- cited both 192 THALI A.
Side 193
Herodotus. XL . The great prosperity of Polycrates ex- cited both the attention and anxiety of Amasis . As his success continually increased , he was in- duced to write and send this letter to Samos : " AMASIS to POLYCRATES . " THE ...
Herodotus. XL . The great prosperity of Polycrates ex- cited both the attention and anxiety of Amasis . As his success continually increased , he was in- duced to write and send this letter to Samos : " AMASIS to POLYCRATES . " THE ...
Side 195
... Polycrates received this letter , and seri- ously deliberated on its contents . The advice of Amasis appeared sagacious , and he resolved to follow it . He accordingly searched among his treasures for something , the loss of which would ...
... Polycrates received this letter , and seri- ously deliberated on its contents . The advice of Amasis appeared sagacious , and he resolved to follow it . He accordingly searched among his treasures for something , the loss of which would ...
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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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Side 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...
Side 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?
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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...
Side 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...
Side 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.
Side 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.