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Page 541
... lately been subdued . It is true that the Lacedæmonians had been so affected , and ( which was worse ) at the arrival of Philip , they slew such friends of his , as having checked their inclination , seemed likely to appeach them of the ...
... lately been subdued . It is true that the Lacedæmonians had been so affected , and ( which was worse ) at the arrival of Philip , they slew such friends of his , as having checked their inclination , seemed likely to appeach them of the ...
Page 542
... lately pardoned , and therefore dismissed the ambassadors of the confederates without any answer at all . They had three years together continued subject against their wills to the Macedonians , expecting still when Cleomenes should ...
... lately pardoned , and therefore dismissed the ambassadors of the confederates without any answer at all . They had three years together continued subject against their wills to the Macedonians , expecting still when Cleomenes should ...
Page 545
... lately been much weakened by Cleomenes , were now able to do little of themselves : neither could they get any strength of mercenaries ; forasmuch as at the end of Cleomenes's war , they had covetously withheld part of their due from ...
... lately been much weakened by Cleomenes , were now able to do little of themselves : neither could they get any strength of mercenaries ; forasmuch as at the end of Cleomenes's war , they had covetously withheld part of their due from ...
Page 547
... lately shewed himself a friend to Anti- gonus Doson in the wars of Cleomenes ; and returning in his last voyage from the Cyclades , was ready , at their first request , to take part with Philip's captains . These , or the like ...
... lately shewed himself a friend to Anti- gonus Doson in the wars of Cleomenes ; and returning in his last voyage from the Cyclades , was ready , at their first request , to take part with Philip's captains . These , or the like ...
Page 555
... lately chosen by such vehe- ment instance of the king , he was a man of no despatch , and one that had no grace with the people . Wherefore a great deal of time was lost , whilst Philip wanted both the money and the corn wherewith he ...
... lately chosen by such vehe- ment instance of the king , he was a man of no despatch , and one that had no grace with the people . Wherefore a great deal of time was lost , whilst Philip wanted both the money and the corn wherewith he ...
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Popular passages
Page 900 - I have seen all the works that are done under the sun ; and, behold, all is vanity and vexation of spirit.
Page 901 - O eloquent, just, and mighty Death ! whom none could advise, thou hast persuaded ; what none hath dared, thou hast done ; and whom all the world hath flattered, thou only hast cast out of the world and despised ; thou hast drawn together all the far-stretched greatness, all the pride, cruelty, and ambition of man, and covered it all over with these two narrow words, Hie jaeet ! Lastly, whereas this book, by the title it hath, calls itself The First Part of tlie General History of the World...
Page 898 - We have left it flourishing in the middle of the field, having rooted up or cut down all that kept it from the eyes and admiration of the world ; but, after some continuance, it shall begin to lose the beauty it had ; the storms of ambition shall beat her great boughs and branches one against another, her leaves shall fall off, her limbs wither, and a rabble of barbarous nations enter the field, and cut her down.
Page 899 - ... up the air and soweth in the wind, than by the affection of bearing rule, which draweth after it so much vexation and so many cares. And that this is true, the good advice of Cineas to Pyrrhus proves.
Page 900 - ... happiness. He takes the account of the rich, and proves him a beggar, a naked beggar, which hath interest in nothing but in the gravel that fills his mouth. He holds a glass before the eyes of the most beautiful, and makes them see therein their deformity and rottenness, and they acknowledge it.
Page 899 - Germans, which had neither greatness nor continuance) there hath been no state fearful in the east, but that of the Turk ; nor in the west any prince that hath spread his wings far over his nest, but the Spaniard; who, since the time that Ferdinand expelled the Moors out of Granado, have made many attempts to make themselves masters of all Europe.
Page 898 - By this, which we have already set down, is seen the beginning and end of the three first monarchies of the world, whereof the founders and erecters thought that they could never have ended. That of Rome, which made the fourth, was also at this time almost at the highest. We have left it flourishing in the middle of the field, having rooted up or cut down all that kept it from the eyes and admiration of the world ; but, after some continuance...
Page 900 - ... the experience in themselves. They neglect the advice of God, while they enjoy life, or hope it ; but they follow the counsel of death, upon his first approach. It is he that puts into man all the wisdom of the world, without speaking a word ; which God with all the words of his law, promises or threats, doth not infuse. Death, which hateth and destroyeth man, is believed ; God, which hath made him and loves him, is always deferred.
Page 777 - ... mischievous actions, and afterwards to destroy them when they have performed the mischief, was not of his own invention. All ages have given us examples of this goodly policy; the latter having been apt scholars in this lesson to the more ancient, as the reign of Henry VIII.
Page 788 - There was a little city with few men in it; and a great king came against it and besieged it, building great siegeworks against it.