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... Persians Cambyses . But they were soon delivered from Persian anny , by Alexander , and annexed to his own extensive em- e . From the time of their being subdued by Cambyses , low was the employment or occupations of the Egyptians regu ...
... Persians Cambyses . But they were soon delivered from Persian anny , by Alexander , and annexed to his own extensive em- e . From the time of their being subdued by Cambyses , low was the employment or occupations of the Egyptians regu ...
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... Persians and Greeks . After the death of Alexander , Egypt was governed by a succession of kings for nearly two hundred years ; and was then reduced to the condition of a Roman province . 8. Few nations have been more subject to the ...
... Persians and Greeks . After the death of Alexander , Egypt was governed by a succession of kings for nearly two hundred years ; and was then reduced to the condition of a Roman province . 8. Few nations have been more subject to the ...
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... Persian ar- my could enter Achaia , and advance to besiege Athens . This was the place where the Grecian army thought fit to wait for the enemy - the person who commanded it was Le- onidas , one of the two kings of Sparta . The whole ...
... Persian ar- my could enter Achaia , and advance to besiege Athens . This was the place where the Grecian army thought fit to wait for the enemy - the person who commanded it was Le- onidas , one of the two kings of Sparta . The whole ...
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... Persians called the Immortal Band , which consisted of 10,000 men , and were the best troops in the whole army . But these had no better success than the former . 4. Xerxes , out of all hopes of being able to force his way through ...
... Persians called the Immortal Band , which consisted of 10,000 men , and were the best troops in the whole army . But these had no better success than the former . 4. Xerxes , out of all hopes of being able to force his way through ...
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... Persians , or to dispute the victory with them ; that it was therefore necessary to point out to Greece another means of safety and preservation , whilst she was under these alarms ; and that they ought to show the whole universe , who ...
... Persians , or to dispute the victory with them ; that it was therefore necessary to point out to Greece another means of safety and preservation , whilst she was under these alarms ; and that they ought to show the whole universe , who ...
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Page 157 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 156 - Him first, him last, him midst, and without end ! Fairest of stars, last in the train of night, If better thou belong not to the dawn, Sure pledge of day, that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet, praise him in thy sphere, While day arises, that sweet hour of prime.
Page 22 - Tis pleasant, through the loopholes of retreat, To peep at such a world ; to see the stir Of the great Babel, and not feel the crowd ; To hear the roar she sends through all her gates At a safe distance, where the dying sound Falls a soft murmur on the uninjured ear.
Page 330 - As human nature's broadest, foulest blot, Chains him, and tasks him, and exacts his sweat With stripes, that mercy, with a bleeding heart, Weeps when she sees inflicted on a beast. Then what is man ? And what man, seeing this, And having human feelings, does not blush And hang his head, to think himself a man...
Page 330 - Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more ! My ear is pained, My soul is sick with every day's report Of wrong and outrage with which earth is filled. There is no flesh in man's obdurate heart, It does not feel for man.
Page 104 - Cease then, nor order imperfection name : Our proper bliss depends on what we blame. Know thy own point : This kind, this due degree Of blindness, weakness, heaven bestows on thee. Submit. — In this, or any other sphere, Secure to be as blest as thou canst bear : Safe in the hand of one disposing pow'r, Or in the natal, or the mortal hour.
Page 68 - When Israel, of the Lord beloved, Out of the land of bondage came, Her fathers' God before her moved, An awful guide, in smoke and flame. By day, along the astonished lands The cloudy pillar glided slow; By night, Arabia's crimson'd sands Return'd the fiery column's glow.
Page 69 - No portents now our foes amaze, Forsaken Israel wanders lone ; Our fathers would not know THY ways, And THOU hast left them to their own. But, present still, though now unseen ; When brightly shines the prosperous day, Be thoughts of THEE a cloudy screen To temper the deceitful ray. And...
Page 351 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 352 - Than reign in this horrible place. 1 am out of humanity's reach, I must finish my journey alone, Never hear the sweet music of speech, I start at the sound of my own. The beasts that roam over the plain My form with indifference see, They are so unacquainted with man, Their tameness is shocking to me.