The Child's First History of RomeD. Appleton and Company, 1878 - 255 páginas |
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Página 201 - But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judea, in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither : notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee. And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth, that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the Prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.
Página 64 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield : but I come to thee in the name of the LORD of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 68 - Pontius showed them kindness afterwards, and gave them clothes and provisions to help them on their journey back to Rome. 4. They reached the city quite overpowered with shame ; and the senators met together to consider what was to be done. After some time it was proposed that the agreement which had been made should not be kept ; but that the officers and soldiers who had sworn to it should be delivered up to the Samnites, as persons who had deceived them by promising what could not be performed....
Página 202 - Philip and Herod Antipas, who were to be called tetrarchs. This division is referred to in the third chapter of St. Luke's Gospel, which makes mention of Herod the tetrarch of Galilee, and his brother Philip, tetrarch of Iturea and the region of Trachonitis. It was this Herod Antipas, the tetrarch, who put St. John the Baptist to death, because he said it was not lawful for him to marry Herodias, his brother Philip's wife, and before whom our blessed Lord vouchsafed to stand whilst the tetrarch and...
Página 156 - ... which Pompey had refused to receive. But his punishment came at last. In a battle with the Parthians his army was defeated; and soon afterwards his young son was killed before his eyes, and he himself, whilst trying to escape, being made prisoner, was slain.
Página 8 - History is the narrative of real events in the order and circumstances in which they occurred ; and of all histories, that of Rome comprises a series of events more interesting and instructive to youthful readers than any other that has ever been written. " Oí
Página 8 - Drawing her materials from the best — that is to say, the most reliable — sources, she has incorporated them in a narrative at once unostentatious, perspicuous, and graphic ; manifestly aiming throughout to be clearly understood by those for whom she wrote, and to impress deeply and permanently on their minds what she wrote ; and in both of these aims we think she has been eminently successful.
Página 72 - This battle had given him a high opinion of Roman courage ; and when he visited the field of battle the next day, and saw that the men had all fallen with their faces to the enemy, he exclaimed : — " With such soldiers the world would be mine, and it would belong to the Romans if I were their commander.
Página 198 - In one of his letters to the senate, he confessed that the gods and goddesses had so afflicted and confounded him, that he knew not what or how to write. : and, in fact, he had every...
Página 208 - Salute every saint in Christ Jesus. The brethren which are with me greet you. All the saints salute you, chiefly they that are of Caesar's household.