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... troops on the road , the greatest part of his army would have de- ferted . At laft tumults arifing , Antigonus faw plainly , that it would not be for his intereft to remain any longer He aban- in Egypt wherefore , to avoid farther ...
... troops on the road , the greatest part of his army would have de- ferted . At laft tumults arifing , Antigonus faw plainly , that it would not be for his intereft to remain any longer He aban- in Egypt wherefore , to avoid farther ...
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... troops , which were foon in a condition not only to recover the places that had been loft , but even to offer Lyfimachus battle . This crafty old cap- tain kept on the defenfive , knowing , that if he loft a battle , he loft all ; but ...
... troops , which were foon in a condition not only to recover the places that had been loft , but even to offer Lyfimachus battle . This crafty old cap- tain kept on the defenfive , knowing , that if he loft a battle , he loft all ; but ...
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... troops of the latter had the advantage in all the ikir- mishes which happened between them and the forces of Agathocles , yet by avoiding an engagement , and making a proper use of his advantage in numbers , this young prince compelled ...
... troops of the latter had the advantage in all the ikir- mishes which happened between them and the forces of Agathocles , yet by avoiding an engagement , and making a proper use of his advantage in numbers , this young prince compelled ...
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... troops had once more fome time for refreshment . Seleucus fear- ing he might recruit where he was , marched towards him , and encamped at no great distance . When Demetrius was informed of his approach , he refolved to attack him ...
... troops had once more fome time for refreshment . Seleucus fear- ing he might recruit where he was , marched towards him , and encamped at no great distance . When Demetrius was informed of his approach , he refolved to attack him ...
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... troops . He , in attempting to repel the Etolians , was drawn by them to an engagement , wherein his army was routed , and himself flain . The Etolians , while they were confulting how to profecute this victory , re- ceived advice ...
... troops . He , in attempting to repel the Etolians , was drawn by them to an engagement , wherein his army was routed , and himself flain . The Etolians , while they were confulting how to profecute this victory , re- ceived advice ...
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Page 187 - For the king of the North shall return, and shall set forth a multitude greater than the former, and shall certainly come after certain years with a great army and with much riches.
Page 132 - And a mighty king shall stand up, that shall rule with great dominion, and do according to his will. 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.
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Page 118 - And Babylon, the glory of kingdoms, the beauty of the Chaldees' excellency, Shall be as when God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah. It shall never be inhabited, Neither shall it be dwelt in from generation to generation : Neither shall the Arabian pitch tent there ; Neither shall the shepherds make their fold there.
Page 238 - ... promised, sent Athenobius, one of his friends, to him, to demand the restoration of Gazara, Joppa, and the fortress of Jerusalem, with several other places then held by Simon, which he claimed as belonging to the kingdom of Syria, or else five hundred talents in lieu of them, and five hundred talents more for the damages that were done by the Jews within the borders of his other dominions. On f Athenobius...
Page 461 - ... known ; that he put both himfelf and the kingdom entirely into his hands, and that he was willing to attend him at what time or place he thought fit to appoint. The fame...
Page 208 - And he shall stir up his power and his courage against the king of the south with a great army; and the king of the south shall be stirred up to battle with a very great and mighty army; but he shall not stand: for they shall forecast devices against him. 26 Yea, they that feed of the portion of his meat shall destroy him, and his army shall overflow: and many shall fall down slain. 27 And both these kings...
Page 262 - Egypt by the Greeks, or other foreigners. The books were transcribed in the museum by persons appointed for that purpose; the copies were then delivered to the proprietors, and the originals laid up in the library- Ptolemy Euergetes...
Page 461 - Rocked to fee the king's body ; but Pompey declined that fight ; and, faying that all enmity between that great prince and the people of Rome was ended with his life, he returned the body to the...
Page 187 - And the king of the South shall be moved with choler, and shall come forth and fight with him, even with the king of the North: and he shall set forth a great multitude; but the multitude shall be given into his hand.