The History of the World, Volume 1; From the Reign of Alexander to That of Augustus, Comprehending the Latter Ages of European Greece, and the History of the Greek Kingdoms in Asia and Africa, from Their Foundation to Their Destruction with a Preliminary
The History of the World, Volume 1; From the Reign of Alexander to That of Augustus, Comprehending the Latter Ages of European Greece, and the History of the Greek Kingdoms in Asia and Africa, from Their Foundation to Their Destruction with a Preliminary
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...to him at' high interest $B. Upon this distressing information, he lamented his hard lot in living among wild beasts j and retired fad and solitary to his tent, where he wrote his testament, and burned such of his papers, as might have endangered the persons who had communicated to him any matters of secret ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1807 Excerpt: ...to him at' high interest $B. Upon this distressing information, he lamented his hard lot in living among wild beasts j and retired fad and solitary to his tent, where he wrote his testament, and burned such of his papers, as might have endangered the persons who had communicated to him any matters of secret intelligence. Whatever might be the consequence to himself, he determined to resist Antigonus, the enemy of his revered master's house; and with an alacrity of countenance, marking a heart void of care, prepared with consummate skill for his last fatal victory K Since the former battle on the Median frontier, he had received The last some reinforcements, which rendered him in point of infantry battle br...;- tween Anti fuperior to the enemy: but he was still inferior by one third in gonus and horse. Antigonus' army had been again recruited to nearly twenty-uroenes" two thousand foot, nine thousand horse, and sixty-five elephants. Accompanied by his son Demetrius, that general took the command of his right wing; his left was committed to Python: his infantry formed the centre, covered in front by the elephants. To oppose Antigonus in person, Eumenes, contrary to the usual practice, assumed the command of his left, consisting of the choice of his cavalry, and supported by auxiliaries under the bravest latraps, par.' Plutarch inEumen. "Id. ibid, and Diodor. 1. xix. s. 40. z z 2 ticularly ticuTarly Mithridates of Pontus. His left wing was fronted by sixty of his stoutest elephants. His infantry which followed, consisted of three divisions; the hypaspists on the left; the phalanx on the rightj and the Argyraspides in the middle, prepared to move with celerity to every part of the line, where they saw a difficulty to surmount, or a desperate adv...
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Very Good. Square 4to. Cloth, no dj. Rebound in library-style brown cloth with gilt-stamped text on spines. 726, 853 numbered pp. Minor shelf wear due to rebinding. Title page-x frayed at bottom corner, but leaves are still structurally sound. Occasionally ghosting through second volume's first 55 pp. Else fine. A handsomely rebound copy with otherwise clean internals. Very Good.
