An Ancient History for Beginners

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Macmillan Company, 1908 - 494 strani
 

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Stran 454 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting and prayer; whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven; at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Stran 30 - ... but ye shall destroy their altars, break their images, and cut down their groves : for thou shalt worship no other god: for the Lord, whose name is Jealous, is a jealous God...
Stran 30 - Thou shalt not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them...
Stran 493 - Republican constitution, p. 353 ff., serves as an example of what should be done in the preparation of lessons, and at the same time is a complete, logical presentation of the only really difficult subject in Roman history. 8. The " Studies " require a thorough digestion of the material, and one who works them out faithfully will be able to pass the examination for admission to any college. THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 66 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK Boston Chicago Atlanta San Francisco For High Schools and Academies...
Stran 185 - Walls up to the heart of the city, it swept and swelled, as each man to his neighbor passed on the news. On that night no man slept. There was mourning and sorrow for those that were lost, but the lamentation for the dead was merged in even deeper sorrow for themselves, as they pictured the evils they were about to suffer, the like of which they had themselves inflicted upon the men of Melos, who were colonists of the Lacedaemonians, when they mastered them by siege.
Stran 454 - is the key of heaven and of hell; a drop of blood shed in the cause of God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months...
Stran 136 - Lysimachus, who were joined with him in the embassy, had arrived, bringing the news that the wall was of sufficient height; and he was afraid that the Lacedaemonians, when they heard the truth, might not allow them to return. So the Athenians detained the envoys, and Themistocles, coming before the Lacedaemonians, at length declared in so many words that Athens was now provided with walls and could...
Stran 129 - Pallas has not been able to soften the lord of Olympus, Though she has often prayed him, and urged him with excellent counsel, Yet once more I address thee in words than adamant firmer. When the foe shall have taken whatever the limit of...
Stran 343 - Jupiter the supremely good and great, to Juno, Minerva, and the other deities presiding over the Capitol and citadel, and will give them thanks for having, on this day, and at many other times, endowed me both with the will and ability to perform extraordinary services to the commonwealth. Such of you also, Romans...
Stran 188 - But if he who desires to have before his eyes a true picture of the events which have happened, and of the 20 like events which may be expected to happen hereafter in the order of human things, shall pronounce what I have written to be useful, then I shall be satisfied.

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