Antiochus was still very young ; he received the surname of the Great , because
he not only re - united the whole empire as far as the frontier of Bactria , but
because he even succeeded in taking from the Egyptian empire Phoenicia ...
Author: Barthold Georg Niebuhr
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Hostage-taking in ancient Rome was a standard practice of international diplomacy.
Author: Joel Allen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521861830
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We shall , therefore , in a short article , endeavour to show that the ceremony of
oath taking , which is so often performed mechanically , and with almost profane
nonchalance , is worthy of half - an - hour's . consideration . The laws of all ...
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While taking care to furnish no pre- General Michelson to march for the Dniester ,
text for complaint to the court of Vienna , Na- with an army of 60,000 men , and
England had poleon nevertheless repeated that he was quite sent a fleet to the ...
Author: Adolphe Thiers
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The guest refuses to take the chair of state ; the host insists ; he makes a feint of
wiping the chair with the skirt of his robe ... sitting down , and neither party takes
his place till he has exhausted all the resources of ceremony and good education
.
Author: Evariste Régis Huc
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ISBN: IND:30000041651062
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Page: 556
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But they shall not be held answerable for such recovery . If any Netherlands '
vessel should suffer shipwreck on the coast of China , or be compelled to take
refuge in any harbour in the Chinese Empire , the Chinese authorities will devise
...
Author: China
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There is nobody who has the cause more at heart , than he has , but until the
taking of Maan was known he always considered the Egyptian army as a most
redoubtable force , going sometimes upon the most absurd stories of the
Egyptian ...
Author: August Jochmus (freiherr von Cotignola.)
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first insinuated that all Jacob bad , he got by using their father ' s capital ; and
second , that he had metamorphosed most of that into his own possession , by
carrying out , in spirit and letter , the peculiar contract made with their father .
Author: Titus Mooney Merriman
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Meantime tidings of the battle of Cremona arrived, and on the receipt of letters
from Antonius Primus, with an edict of Caecina as consul, Hordeonius made his
men take the oath to Vespasian. An envoy was then sent to Civilis, to inform him ...
Author: Thomas Keightley
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By and by he mounts his carriage , taking with him his wife , a most admirable
woman , or some friends , as myself , for instance , the other day . What a noble ,
what a charming tête - a - téte ! how much talk of ancient things ; what deeds ,
what ...
Author: Charles Merivale
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A leader would do well to guage his capacity before taking up a work . A great
deal of energies is economized by blending moderation with firmness , by
discarding exaggerations , and adopting the safest possible truth by employing
the ...
Author: Dinshah Ardeshir Taleyarkhan
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ISBN: UOM:39015027743007
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Colonel These relations , under the treaty of 1837 , give our Sleeman . writing to
Lord Dalhousie in government the right to take upon itself the administration
under present circumstances ; and , indeed , September , 1852 .
declaredimposes ...
Author: Robert Montgomery Martin
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He made them take their arms , and asked them to volunteer . Every man walked
out of the ranks , and he was obliged to make them go back . “ I will choose . Let
no one move . " And , passing in front of the rank , he himself designated each ...
Author: Jean Roch Coignet
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ISBN: UCAL:$B764986
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Alternative B ( No Action ) This alternative takes no action to implement
provisions of the HFQLG Act or National Fire Plan on the Empire Project at this
time . On - going activities characterized as present and reasonably foreseeable
projects ...
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... empire under the misrule of Ling tí and Hiuen tí , the last two monarchs of the
house of Han , who were entirely swayed by eunuchs , and left the administration
of government to reckless oppressors , until ambitious men , taking advantage of
...
Author: Samuel Wells Williams
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ISBN: BL:A0023512329
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From this false intelligence , the Spanish admiral , instead of going to the coast of
Flanders , to take in the troops ståtioned there , resolved to sail directly to
Plymouth , and destroy the shipping laid up in the harbour . ' But Effingham was
very ...
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A supplementary distribution of coffee , of which a decoction could be made with
the unroasted grains , might take the place of the ration of sulphate of quinine ,
which , in summer and autumn , is allowed to the garrisons of certain posts .
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By and by he mounts his carriage , taking with him his wife , a most admirable
woman , or some friends , as myself for instance , the other day . What a noble ,
what a charming tête - à - tête ! how much talk of ancient things ; what deeds ,
what ...
Author: Charles MERIVALE (Dean of Ely.)
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ISBN: BL:A0024517344
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... the Colour of the Plank , for that of the Water , jerk out that way , and tumble
before they are aware , either upon the Plank , or into the Boat , so that the Fifher
- men , almoft without taking any pains , hath in a little time his fmall Bark quite fuh
.
Author: Louis Daniel LE COMTE
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ISBN: BL:A0020984910
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speak have been of absolutely paramount will take months after that before the
Goimportance , and have put the case ... of nineteen and fortythat no other man in
the British Empire has five years have given written consent to dared to put it .
Author: New Zealand. Parliament
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