 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 368 trang
...and at the second she was i 2 buried in the waves. The battle soon "became general, and was vigorous on both sides.— Xerxes, seated upon a lofty throne,...impel the Persians to the performance of actions, worthy of those which the love of liberty and of their country excited in the Greeks. The foremost... | |
 | John Gillies - 1809 - 552 trang
...fubjects. The prefence of their prince operated on their hopes, and ftill more powerfully on their fears. But neither the hope of acquiring the favour, nor the fear of incurring the difpleafure of a defpot, could furnifh principles of action worthy of being compared with the patriotifm... | |
 | John Gillies - 1820 - 550 trang
...subjects. The presence of their prince operated on their hopes, and still more powerfully on their fears. But neither the hope of acquiring the favour, nor the fear of incurring the displeasure of a despot, could furnish principles of action worthy of being compared with the patriotism and love... | |
 | John Gillies - 1820 - 544 trang
...subjects. The presence of their prince operated on their hopes, and still more powerfully on their fears. But neither the hope of acquiring the favour, nor the fear of incurring the displeasure of a despot, could furnish principles of action worthy of being compared with the patriotism and love... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1822 - 368 trang
...shattered, and at the second, she was buried in the waves. The battle soon became general, and was vigorous on both sides. Xerxes, seated upon a lofty throne,...impel the Persians to the performance of actions, worthy of those which the love of liberty and of their country excited in the Greeks. The foremost... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 356 trang
...subjects. The presence of their prince operated on their hopes, and still more powerfully on their fears. But neither the hope of acquiring the favour, nor the fear of incurring the displeasure of a despot, could furnish principles of action worthy of being compared with the patriotism and love... | |
 | William Brockedon - 1833 - 332 trang
...subjects. The presence of their prince operated on their hopes, and still more powerfully on their fears. But neither the hope of acquiring the favour, nor the fear of incurring the displeasure of a despot, could furnish principles of action worthy of being compared with the patriotism and love... | |
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... Attic coast, seated on a lofty throne on the top of Mount ^Egialos, Xerxes observed the scene of action, and attentively remarked, with a view to reward and punish, the various behaviour of his subjects. The presence of their prince operated on their... 