Herodotus, Volum 2L. Hansard & Sons, 1812 |
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Pàgina 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 .
Pàgina 54
... gold 231 . 230 In an heifer . ] - The Patrica were not only rites of Mi- thres , but also of Osiris , who was in ... Gold . ] - The prophet Isaiah threatening the people of Israel for their blind confidence in Egypt , says , " Ye shall ...
... gold 231 . 230 In an heifer . ] - The Patrica were not only rites of Mi- thres , but also of Osiris , who was in ... Gold . ] - The prophet Isaiah threatening the people of Israel for their blind confidence in Egypt , says , " Ye shall ...
Pàgina 118
... gold vessel , in which he and his guests were accustomed to spit , make water , and wash their feet of the materials of this he made a statue of some god , which he placed in the most conspi- cuous part of the city . The Egyptians assem ...
... gold vessel , in which he and his guests were accustomed to spit , make water , and wash their feet of the materials of this he made a statue of some god , which he placed in the most conspi- cuous part of the city . The Egyptians assem ...
Pàgina 160
... gold chain for the neck , bracelets , an alabaster box of perfumes 24 , and a cask of palm wine † . The Ethiopians to whom Cambyses sent , are reported * The Ichthyophagi are not distinctly marked in ancient writers . There were people ...
... gold chain for the neck , bracelets , an alabaster box of perfumes 24 , and a cask of palm wine † . The Ethiopians to whom Cambyses sent , are reported * The Ichthyophagi are not distinctly marked in ancient writers . There were people ...
Pàgina 164
... gold chains for the neck : upon their describing the nature of those ornaments , he laughed , and conceiving them to be chains 26 , remarked , cannot be used . It was one of these inflexible bows , says he , which the Æthiopian prince ...
... gold chains for the neck : upon their describing the nature of those ornaments , he laughed , and conceiving them to be chains 26 , remarked , cannot be used . It was one of these inflexible bows , says he , which the Æthiopian prince ...
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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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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?
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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...
Pàgina 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.
Pàgina 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.