The history of Greece, continued to the death of Alexander the great by R.A. Davenport, Band 81835 |
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... distance . But he perhaps deemed it imprudent to leave in his rear , and at the door as it were of Lacedæmon , the hostile city of Megalopolis . It was , therefore , invested by the confederates , and was so vigorously pressed by them ...
... distance . But he perhaps deemed it imprudent to leave in his rear , and at the door as it were of Lacedæmon , the hostile city of Megalopolis . It was , therefore , invested by the confederates , and was so vigorously pressed by them ...
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... distance of about two hundred and fifty miles ; nevertheless , by dint of extraordinary exertion , he did not despair of overtaking the royal fugitive before he could find safety within the mountain barrier . In this expedition he took ...
... distance of about two hundred and fifty miles ; nevertheless , by dint of extraordinary exertion , he did not despair of overtaking the royal fugitive before he could find safety within the mountain barrier . In this expedition he took ...
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... distance be- tween him and the flying foe , but that , to effect this , he must pass a desert where water was unobtainable . This route , notwithstanding the serious disadvan- tage which attended it , he did not hesitate to take . As it ...
... distance be- tween him and the flying foe , but that , to effect this , he must pass a desert where water was unobtainable . This route , notwithstanding the serious disadvan- tage which attended it , he did not hesitate to take . As it ...
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... distance to the south - west of the modern town of Damghan . His body was sent to Persia by Alexander , to be interred , with due honours , in the royal mausoleum . " Thus , " says Arrian , " perished Darius , in the month Hecatombæon ...
... distance to the south - west of the modern town of Damghan . His body was sent to Persia by Alexander , to be interred , with due honours , in the royal mausoleum . " Thus , " says Arrian , " perished Darius , in the month Hecatombæon ...
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... the margin of the river , to cover the passage of the troops , and drive the Scythians to a distance from the right bank . These machines pro- duced the desired effect . Several men having been wounded 58 HISTORY OF GREECE .
... the margin of the river , to cover the passage of the troops , and drive the Scythians to a distance from the right bank . These machines pro- duced the desired effect . Several men having been wounded 58 HISTORY OF GREECE .
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Acesines Alex Alexander ander Aornus appears Aristobulus arms Arrian arrived Artabazus attack Bactria Bessus brought camp capital Carmania Caspian cavalry Chorienes Clitus command Companion Companion cavalry conqueror conquest consequence Craterus Curtius danger Darius death desert despatched Diodorus Ecbatana elephants enemy Eschines favour fleet foot force garrison Gedrosian Grecian army Greece Greeks Hephæstion honour horse hostile hundred Hydaspes Hydraotes Hyphasis Hyrcania Indians Indus infantry inhabitants invader Jaxartes Kelat king labours leader length Leonnatus Macedon Macedonian Macedonian army Macedonian monarch Mallians Maracanda miles mountains murder natives Nearchus neighbouring nian officers ordered Oxyartes Parmenio Parthia passed Pattala Persian gulf Peucestas Philotas Plutarch Porus prince probably province Ptolemy quarter reached remained resistance resolved revolt right bank river Satibarzanes satrap Scythians seems sent slain Sogdiana soldiers soon sovereign Spitamenes stream supposed Susa talents Taxiles territory thousand tion town tribes troops vessels voyage wounded
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Seite 195 - The accuracy with which they attend to the diurnal variations of the tide is very remarkable, calculating the times of the ebb with such nicety, that they are seldom mistaken even when they have some miles to walk to the beach. In the same way, they always secure their retreat from these chosen spots in such a manner as never to be ! surprised and drowned by the returning tide. With respect to fish, it is equally certain that they often prefer it to their best pastures. It is not less remarkable...
Seite 197 - The ship brought up as suddenly and violently as if she had struck a rock, and trembled for a few seconds like a leaf.
Seite 197 - In less than two or three seconds he came up again, about the length of the ship off, and made directly for us, at the rate of about three knots. The ship was then going with about the same velocity. His appearance and attitude gave us at first no alarm; but while I stood watching his movements, and observing him but a ship's length off, coming down for us with...
Seite 118 - It generally begins with violent blasts of wind, which are succeeded by floods of rain. For some hours lightning is seen almost without intermission, sometimes it only illuminates the sky, and shows the clouds, near the horizon ; at others it discovers the distant hills, and again leaves all in darkness, when in an instant it re-appears in vivid and successive flashes, and exhibits the nearest objects in all the brightness of day. During all this time the distant thunder never ceases to roll, and...
Seite 197 - I stood watching his movements and observing him, but a ship's length off, coming down for us with great celerity, I involuntarily ordered the boy at the helm to put it hard up, intending to sheer off and avoid him. The words were scarcely out of my mouth before he came down upon us at full speed, and struck the ship with his head just forward of the fore chains.
Seite 118 - June, but gets later as we advance towards the north. Its approach is announced by vast masses of clouds that rise from the Indian Ocean, and advance towards the north-east, gathering and thickening as they approach the land.
Seite 118 - Its approach is announced by vast masses of clouds that rise from the Indian Ocean, and advance towards the north-east, gathering and thickening as they approach the land. After some threatening days, the sky assumes a troubled appearance in the evenings, and the monsoon in general sets in during the night.
Seite 198 - He was enveloped in the foam of the sea, that his continual and violent thrashing about in the water had created around him, and I could distinctly see him smite his jaws together, as if distracted with rage and fury. He remained a short time in this situation, and then started off with great velocity, across the bows of the ship, to windward.
Seite 99 - We are content with discord, we are content with alarms, we are content with blood, but we will never be content with a master."!
Seite 183 - ... moment we were imperceptibly covered with innumerable atoms of small sand, which getting into our eyes, mouths, and nostrils, caused excessive irritation attended with extreme thirst, that was increased in no small degree by the intense heat of the sun. On questioning my Brahooe guide who, though a perfectly wild savage, had more local knowledge than any other person of the party, he said that this annoyance was supposed by his countrymen and himself to originate in the solar beams causing the...