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... besides . of the terror and confufion that reigned amongst his men , who concluded themselves fallen into a snare , from which there was no escaping , he had recourse to stratagem . The contrivance was this : He caufed two thousand oxen ...
... besides . of the terror and confufion that reigned amongst his men , who concluded themselves fallen into a snare , from which there was no escaping , he had recourse to stratagem . The contrivance was this : He caufed two thousand oxen ...
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... beside mak- ing him a prefent of a fine horse with noble trappings , as a reward for his valor . The army received this speech with great applaufe ; and Marcius , ftepping forward , faid , " That he accepted of the horfe , and was happy ...
... beside mak- ing him a prefent of a fine horse with noble trappings , as a reward for his valor . The army received this speech with great applaufe ; and Marcius , ftepping forward , faid , " That he accepted of the horfe , and was happy ...
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... besides , of four galleys which had each five benches of oars . He fought also another battle , by which he drove back the conful Hoftilius , who was attempting to enter his king- dom by Elimia ; and when the fame general was ftealing ...
... besides , of four galleys which had each five benches of oars . He fought also another battle , by which he drove back the conful Hoftilius , who was attempting to enter his king- dom by Elimia ; and when the fame general was ftealing ...
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... besides their other preparations , they had an hundred thousand men collected and ready for their use ; and yet he having to oppofe fo confiderable a force , and an armament that was maintained at fuch an extraordinary expense , counted ...
... besides their other preparations , they had an hundred thousand men collected and ready for their use ; and yet he having to oppofe fo confiderable a force , and an armament that was maintained at fuch an extraordinary expense , counted ...
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... besides , they great- ly exceeded Marcellus in numbers . They marched , there , fore , directly against him , their king at their head , with great impetuofity and dreadful menaces , as if fure of crush- ing him at once . Marcellus ...
... besides , they great- ly exceeded Marcellus in numbers . They marched , there , fore , directly against him , their king at their head , with great impetuofity and dreadful menaces , as if fure of crush- ing him at once . Marcellus ...
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Page 239 - Yet Archimedes had such a depth of understanding, such a dignity of sentiment, and so copious a fund of mathematical knowledge, that, though in the invention of these machines he gained the reputation of a man" endowed with divine rather than human knowledge, yet he did not vouchsafe to leave any account of them in writing.
Page 301 - ... from the living fountain. A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.
Page 238 - And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the informing soul.