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Page 47 - One of themselves, even a prophet of their own, said, the Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, slow bellies.
Page 300 - And they shall make a spoil of thy riches, and make a prey of thy merchandise: and they shall break down thy walls, and destroy thy pleasant houses: and they shall lay thy stones and thy timber and thy dust in the midst of the water.
Page 265 - King Artaxerxes thinks it just that the cities in Asia should belong to him, as well as Clazomenae and Cyprus among the islands, and that the other Greek cities, both small and great, should be left independent, except Lemnos, Imbros, and Scyros ; and these should belong, as of old, to the Athenians. But whichever of the two parties does not accept this peace, upon them I will make war, in company with those who desire this arrangement, both by land and by sea, with ships and with money.
Page 350 - That the Greek idea of horticultural beauty was not quite the same as ours, may be inferred from a passage in Plutarch, where he speaks of the practice of setting off the beauties of roses and violets, by planting them side by side with leeks and onions (Plutarch, decapi cn<ta ex inimicit militate, c. 10). Becker considers this passage a proof that flowers were cultivated more to be used for garlands than to beautify the garden.
Page 265 - King Artaxerxes thinks it right that the Greek cities in Asia, and the islands of Clazomenae and Cyprus, should belong to himself; but that all the other Greek cities, both small and great, should be left independent, with the exception of Lemnos, Imbrus, and Scyrus ; and that these should, as of old, belong to the Athenians. If any state refuse to accept this peace, I will make war against it.
Page 174 - As he grew worse and worse, his friends collected round his bed, and tried to relieve their grief by recalling all his brave actions and the trophies of victory he had raised, but Pericles, who had before appeared insensible, roused himself, and interrupted them. " They had omitted," he said, " the most glorious praise which he could claim. Other generals had been as fortunate, but he had never caused an Athenian to put on mourning.
Page 201 - that the eagerness of youth was no less needed in their public counsels than the sobriety of age; and warned them that the high position which they had already attained could only be preserved by an uninterrupted series of brave enterprises." These arguments agreed with the wishes of the people, and the counsels of Nicias were set aside. The prudent general made one more effort to alarm them. He reminded them of the immense forces which would be required, and of the enormous quantity of supplies...
Page 308 - ... did not like her to be regent of Macedonia, fearing her proud, hasty temper. As it was, she often interfered with the regent Antipater, and Antipater wrote complaints of her to Alexander ; but the king's love for his mother was stronger than his anger at her behaviour, and he was once heard to say that Antipater did not know how soon ten thousand letters were blotted out by a single tear of a mother. Alexander had now no more enemies to fear, but his desire for conquest was still unsatisfied....
Page 223 - ... land. The miseries endured by the prisoners were, however, enough to make us pity them even more than Nicias and Demosthenes. A considerable number contrived to escape, but those who were kept were placed in a dreadful prison, which was, in fact, a quarry hollowed in the side of the hill Epipolae. It was a hundred feet in depth, and the rock was so steep that there was not the slightest possibility of escape. Here they were exposed to the scorching rays of the sun by day, and the chilly, damp...
Page 300 - I will also scrape her dust from her." " Though thou shalt be sought for, yet shalt thou never be found again." (Ezekiel, xxvi. 4. 12. 21.) Darius now again sent ambassadors to Alexander. They offered the Macedonian monarch an enormous sum of money, the provinces to the west of the river Euphrates, and the daughter of Darius to be his wife. Alexander informed his council of these proposals. Parmenio, his most trusted general, declared that if he were Alexander he should accept them. "So should I,"...