An Inquiry Into the Truth of HistoryPayne & Foss, 1830 |
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... ships were not whole - decked . When we find from the speech , which he puts into the mouth of Pericles , how necessary experience and constant practice were in naval matters , and we bear in mind that before the Per- sian war the ...
... ships were not whole - decked . When we find from the speech , which he puts into the mouth of Pericles , how necessary experience and constant practice were in naval matters , and we bear in mind that before the Per- sian war the ...
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and are told by Herodotus and Mitford , that the Greek ships escaped all damage , by having retreated thither ; when we are told that the Persians lost above 600 ships of war , and consequently above 100,000 men * , and yet that at ...
and are told by Herodotus and Mitford , that the Greek ships escaped all damage , by having retreated thither ; when we are told that the Persians lost above 600 ships of war , and consequently above 100,000 men * , and yet that at ...
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... ships , carrying 230 men a - piece , and having three banks of oars , could move in silence is most extraordinary . Mitford does not expressly mention the silence , but it is implied in his narrative . b See the description which Lysias ...
... ships , carrying 230 men a - piece , and having three banks of oars , could move in silence is most extraordinary . Mitford does not expressly mention the silence , but it is implied in his narrative . b See the description which Lysias ...
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... . Jason and his brother Argonauts , Paris and his Trojans crossed and returned in a If I am not mistaken , Gibbon has some observations to this purport . safety . The Grecian ships , encumbered as they must THE TRUTH OF HISTORY . 9.
... . Jason and his brother Argonauts , Paris and his Trojans crossed and returned in a If I am not mistaken , Gibbon has some observations to this purport . safety . The Grecian ships , encumbered as they must THE TRUTH OF HISTORY . 9.
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... ship . --- πολέες δ ̓ ἐν νηὶ ἑκάστη ̓Αρκάδες ἄνδρες ἔβαινον ἐπιστάμενοι πολέμοιο . Might not some of the ships have met with the fate of the English waggon and horses , which Sir Phelimy French brought over to Ireland ? He forgot to ...
... ship . --- πολέες δ ̓ ἐν νηὶ ἑκάστη ̓Αρκάδες ἄνδρες ἔβαινον ἐπιστάμενοι πολέμοιο . Might not some of the ships have met with the fate of the English waggon and horses , which Sir Phelimy French brought over to Ireland ? He forgot to ...
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Página 109 - And the king shall do according to his will; and he shall exalt himself, and magnify himself above every god, and shall speak marvellous things against the God of gods, and shall prosper till the indignation be accomplished: for that that is determined shall be done.
Página 131 - And there are seven kings ; five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come, and when he cometh, he must continue a short space. And the beast that was, and is not, even he is the eighth, and is of the seven, and goeth into perdition.
Página 116 - But as the days of Noe were, so shall also the coming of the Son of man be. For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, and knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
Página 83 - When ye therefore shall see the abomination of desolation, spoken of by Daniel the prophet, stand in the holy place, (whoso readeth, let him understand:) 16 Then let them which be in Judea flee into the mountains...
Página 76 - And when he shall stand up, his kingdom shall be broken, and shall be divided toward the four winds of heaven; and not to his posterity, nor according to his dominion which he ruled : for his kingdom shall be plucked up, even for others beside those.
Página 98 - And in his estate shall stand up a vile person, to whom they shall not give the honour of the kingdom: but he shall come in peaceably, and obtain the kingdom by flatteries.
Página 1 - O thou king, the most high God gave Nebuchadnezzar thy father a kingdom and majesty and glory and honour. And for the majesty that he gave him all people, nations, and languages trembled and feared before him; whom he would he slew, and whom he would he kept alive, and whom he would he set up, and whom he would he put down.
Página 61 - That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, And shall perform all my pleasure ; Even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built ; And to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Página 108 - And they that understand among the people shall instruct many: yet they shall fall by the sword, and by flame, by captivity, and by spoil, many days.
Página 111 - And at the time of the end shall the king of the south push at him: and the king of the north shall come against him like a whirlwind, with chariots, and with horsemen, and with many ships; and he shall enter into the countries, and shall overflow and pass over.