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Alexander allies already ancient appears army Asia Athens attack battle became body called carried Carthage Carthaginians cause cavalry century chief citizens close coast command common complete conquest constitution consul course death defeat early election empire enemy Etruscans fact father fleet followed force formed former gained Gauls gave give Greece Greek hand head held hills important island Italian Italy king land Latin latter league legend less Macedonian marched military natural once origin party passed patricians peace peninsula period Persian Phænician Philip plain plebeians political position possession present probably proved Pyrrhus race received remained returned river Roman Rome Sabine Samnites secured seems seen Senate sent Servius Sicily side soon success taken Tarquin territory Tiber took tribes tribunes victory whole
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Page 32 - And he came to the ram that had two horns, which I had seen standing before the river, and ran unto him in the fury of his power.
Page 32 - The ram which thou sawest having two horns, are the kings of Media and Persia. And the rough goat is the king of Grecia : and the great horn that is between his eyes is the first king.
Page 37 - Guard them, and him within protect from harms. He can requite thee; for he knows the charms That call fame on such gentle acts as these, And he can spread thy name o'er lands and seas, Whatever clime the sun's bright circle warms. Lift not thy spear against the Muses
Page 133 - As to belong rather to Heaven than Earth — But instantly receives into his soul A sense, a feeling that he loses not, A something that informs him 'tis a moment Whence he may date henceforward and for ever...
Page 224 - The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of...
Page 303 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 381 - First Moloch, horrid king, besmeared with blood Of human sacrifice, and parents' tears ; Though, for the noise of drums and timbrels loud, Their children's cries unheard that passed through fire To his grim idol.
Page 82 - Therefore the he goat waxed very great : and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Page 37 - Yet nature's charms, the hills and woods, The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Are free alike to all. In days when daisies deck the ground, And blackbirds whistle clear, With honest joy our hearts will bound, To see the coming year : On braes when we please, then, We'll sit and sowth a tune ; Syne rhyme till't, we'll time till't, And sing't when we hae done.
Page 222 - LARS PORSENA of Clusium By the Nine Gods he swore That the great house of Tarquin Should suffer wrong no more. By the Nine Gods he swore it, And named a trysting day, And bade his messengers ride forth, East and west and south and north, To summon his array.
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| Title | From the accession of Philip of Macedon to the Roman conquest of Carthage and Asia Volume 2 of A History of the Ancient World: From the Earliest Records to the Fall of the Western Empire, Philip Smith |
| Author | Philip Smith |
| Edition | 4 |
| Publisher | J., Murray, 1873 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 19 Oct 2007 |
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