The campaigns of Hannibal arranged and critically consideredLongman, 1858 - 195 pagina's |
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Pagina 17
... English have sometimes been taunted with being — a trading people . Michelet remarks : " The life of an industrious mer- chant , of a Carthaginian , was too precious to be risked , as long as it was possible to substitute advantageously ...
... English have sometimes been taunted with being — a trading people . Michelet remarks : " The life of an industrious mer- chant , of a Carthaginian , was too precious to be risked , as long as it was possible to substitute advantageously ...
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... by his officers , the English army will have no reason to dread a comparison with any force either of ancient or modern days . CHAPTER I. MARCH INTO ITALY AND FIRST CAMPAIGN . HANNIBAL C 4 INTROD . 23 ROME AND CARTHAGE .
... by his officers , the English army will have no reason to dread a comparison with any force either of ancient or modern days . CHAPTER I. MARCH INTO ITALY AND FIRST CAMPAIGN . HANNIBAL C 4 INTROD . 23 ROME AND CARTHAGE .
Pagina 166
... English history yet to be written , which will show that the government charged with the selection of the men destined to uphold the honour of England in the command of her armies , did not imitate the wise conduct of the Roman senate ...
... English history yet to be written , which will show that the government charged with the selection of the men destined to uphold the honour of England in the command of her armies , did not imitate the wise conduct of the Roman senate ...
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... English and foreign scholars to elucidate Gre- cian history than at any period since the revival of learning ; and the result of these labours is the acquisition of two English works upon the subject such as no other nation can boast of ...
... English and foreign scholars to elucidate Gre- cian history than at any period since the revival of learning ; and the result of these labours is the acquisition of two English works upon the subject such as no other nation can boast of ...
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... ENGLISH in IRELAND in the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE , M.A. late Fellow of Exeter College , Oxford . 3 vols . 8vo . price 48s . ESTIMATES of the ENGLISH KINGS from WILLIAM the CON- QUEROR to GEORGE III . By J. LANGTON ...
... ENGLISH in IRELAND in the EIGHTEENTH CENTURY . By JAMES ANTHONY FROUDE , M.A. late Fellow of Exeter College , Oxford . 3 vols . 8vo . price 48s . ESTIMATES of the ENGLISH KINGS from WILLIAM the CON- QUEROR to GEORGE III . By J. LANGTON ...
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