A History of the World from the Earliest Records to the Present Time: From the triumvirate of Tiberius Gracchus to the fall of the Roman empireWalton and Maberly, 1865 |
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Agrippa amidst ancient Antiochus Antony Aristobulus Armenia army Asia Augustus barbarians battle Bocchus brother Cæsar Caius Gracchus called camp campaign Cassius cavalry character chief Christian Cicero Cimbri Cisalpine Gaul citizens civil Claudius Clodius command Constantine consul consulship Crassus Danube defeated Diocletian Domitian Drusus East Egypt election emperor empire enemy fate father favour followed force formed friends Galerius Gaul gave Germanicus Greek Herod historian honour Hyrcanus imperial Italian Italy Jerusalem Jewish Jews Judæa Jugurtha Julius Cæsar king land legate legions Lucullus Marius Maximian Meanwhile Merivale Metellus military Mithridates murder Nero nobles Numidia Octavian Parthians party Pompey Pompey's popular prætor prætorian prince province Ptolemy reign Republic restored returned to Rome Rhine Roman Rome Scipio seems Senate sent slaves soldiers soon Spain success Sulla Syria Tacitus temple Tiberius Tiberius Gracchus tion Titus Trajan tribes tribune triumph troops Vespasian victory
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Seite 163 - Women received their dead raised to life again; and others were tortured, not accepting deliverance; that they might obtain a better resurrection; and others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment.
Seite 302 - Thou sawest till that a stone was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon his feet that were of iron and clay, and brake them to pieces. Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken to pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors ; and the wind carried them away, that no place was found for them: and the stone that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth.
Seite 256 - When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept: Ambition should be made of sterner stuff: Yet Brutus says, he was ambitious; And Brutus is an honourable man. You all did see, that on the Lupercal, I thrice presented him a kingly crown, Which he did thrice refuse.
Seite 542 - And the people gave a shout, saying : — " It is the voice of a god, and not of a man." And immediately the angel of the Lord smote him, because he gave not God the glory : and he was eaten of worms, and gave up the ghost.
Seite 554 - Whensoever I take my journey into Spain, I will come to you : for I trust to see you in my journey, and to be brought on my way thitherward by you, if first I be somewhat filled with your company.
Seite 482 - Gibbon declares, in a memorable passage, that " if a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would without hesitation name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Seite 546 - But ye are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a peculiar people...
Seite 555 - And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.
Seite 598 - Eighty and six years have I served Him, and He never did me any injury: how then can I blaspheme my King and my Saviour?
Seite 281 - All crimes shall cease, and ancient fraud shall fail ; Returning Justice lift aloft her scale ; Peace o'er the world her olive wand extend, And white-robed Innocence from heaven descend.