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... Jeremiah (chap. xxix.) having been accomplished, the king who, by the death of Darius, had just seated himself on the throne of the empire, moved a... ...of Chaldea, Media, and Persia, except the privilege, afforded to them by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, of being able to offer to their God public wo... ...he Romans did nothing more in reality than revoke the licence which king Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, had given them, to build the temple of their... ...thing of the kind was accomplished upon her, when the nation of the north under Darius and Cyrus came against her. That nation far from destroying B... ...rt, did no other remarkable thing than place upon the throne of Nebuchadnezzar, Darius the Mede, and afterward Cyrus the Persian. Babylon after that ... ...e act of sitting or reclining is commonly called rest, and likewise the seat or couch in which this rest is partaken: sleep, or the act of sleeping,...

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...of the advantage which the darknesse of the night afforded him, to charge Darius. 'No, no,' said hee, 'it fits not mee to hunt after night-stolne vi... ...doe not so much remember injuries received. I had need have a prompter as Darius had, who not to forget the wrong he had received of the Athenians, ... ...hey gained the victorie. Touching the Scithians, it is reported, that when Darius went to subdue them, he sent their King many reproachfull speeches,... ...d, and whining servants; a darke chamber: tapers burning round about; our couch beset round with Physitians and Preachers; and to conclude, nothing ... ...otland have nought to do with Touraine; nor the Scithians with Thessalie. Darius demanded of certaine Græcians, 'For what they would take upon them ... ...d best regarded Physitian, had with money beene suborned and corrupted by Darius to poison him, who at the very instant that he gave Philip the lett... ... strong and shriller , so me seemes, that a sentence cunningly and closely couched in measure-keeping Posie, darts it selfe forth more furiously, and... ...ned to the house roofe, as our ship-cabbanes: everie one hath his severall couch for the women lie from their husbands. They rise with the Sunne, and... ...When the Divines amongst the Scythians had foretold an untruth, they were couched along upon hurdles full of heath or brushwood, drawne by oxen, and ...

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...al than he was. Pages of words created themselves on his lap while above the couch was a television showing a drama of an ancient Korean period linked... ...tions. She often played for him the classical music, "Scaramouche-modere" by Darius Milhaud. It was her favorite adagio if indeed it was an adagio at ... ...nd dazed when she arrived back at her home, she went to sleep on the nearest couch for a half hour before going out to buy some groceries. She spent ... ...s laid back as she was in her lazy-boy recliner of solitude she was like any couch potato who had too much of a good thing and it had been like that f... ... response so she feigned a beautiful wide smile as she slouched into a vinyl couch --vinyl like that she had withdrawn into when parting from Nathanie...

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...at satisfac- tion, that did not live to see Alexander sit in the throne of Darius. That sight should rather have drawn tears from them, when they cons... ...en Agis and Antipater, laughing and saying, “So, whilst we were conquering Darius in Asia, it seems there was a battle of mice in Arcadia.” Happy Spar... ... came and were placed, while Demetrius would be already stretched upon the couch as if he cared for no one, with his dress over his ears, hanging down... ...e used to sing the glories and great actions of brave men. In the meantime Darius’s captains having collected large forces, were encamped on the furth... ...ed in his opinion how to proceed. Sometimes he thought it best to find out Darius as soon as he could, and put all to the hazard of a battle; another ... ... to obedience, and then hearing of the death of Memnon, the best commander Darius had upon the sea- coasts, who, if he had lived, might, it was suppos... ...and from thence passed into a pavilion of great size and height, where the couches and tables and preparations for an entertain- ment were perfectly m... ...at to incite him to commit the deed, he bade him not be awed by the golden couch, but remember Alexander was a man equally infirm and vulnerable as an... ...d the whole people together at one feast, where twenty-two thousand dining couches were laid out; and he made a display of gladiators, and of battles ...

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... in the college, sent me a message on the subject through a friend. It was couched in these terms: That, let a man possess what talents or accomplishm... ...a “commoner,” or as a “gentleman com- moner.” Under the first question was couched the following latitude of choice: I give the names of the colleges,... ...e degree of that inter- est which belongs to all extremes. My eye had been couched into a secondary power of vision, by misery, by solitude, by sympat... ...his work two insinu- ations of the same kind occur: during the invasion of Darius the Mede (about 490 B.C.) the Oracle was charged with Medizing; and ... ...ed was the same,— namely , the Delphic,—in all three cases. In the case of Darius, fear was the ruling passion; in the earlier case, a near self- inte... ... filled with hay or straw; and there the women and children prepared their couches for the night, as the warmest resorts in so severe a season. The ho... ...rge dimensions of the coach enabled her to turn it to the use of a sofa or couch. Youth and health sleep well; and with all the means and 255 Thomas ...

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...areer of the pleasures of V anity Fair. There never was, since the days of Darius, such a brilliant train of camp-followers as hung round the Duke of ... ... kind, and all the inmates of the cart were taken in and placed on various couches. The young ensign was conveyed upstairs to Osborne’s quarters. Amel... ...re Britannia was represented weeping over an urn, and a broken sword and a couchant lion indicated that the piece of sculpture had been erected in hon... ...e cruel grief under which it is bleeding. Tread silently round the hapless couch of the poor prostrate soul. Shut gently the door of the dark chamber ... ...on—a solemn and elaborate letter, containing the profoundest observations, couched in the longest words, and filling with wonder the simple little sec...

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...tries, thought she; perhaps he is bivouacking; perhaps he is attending the couch of a wounded comrade, or studying the art of war up in his own desola... ...ed home, hearing of her beloved friend’s illness. She wished to fly to her couch, that couch which she, Briggs, had so often smoothed in the hour of s... ...p all night. I wish you might do it instead.” “Have I not tended that dear couch for years?” Arabella said, “and now—” “Now she prefers somebody else.... ...g-room), but I will never quit it. Ah, Mr. Clump! I fear, I know, that the couch needs spiritual as well as medical consolation.” “What I was going to... ...g his handsome teeth. “Persuade her to rise, dear Madam; drag her from her couch and her low spirits; insist upon her taking little drives. They will ... ...areer of the pleasures of V anity Fair. There never was, since the days of Darius, such a brilliant train of camp-followers as hung round the Duke of ...

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...thou not; because thou wentest up to thy father’s bed, and didst de le his couch. 5 Simeon and Levi brethren: vessels of iniq- uity waging war. 6 Let ... ...s a lion’s whelp: to the prey, my son, thou art gone up: resting thou hast couched as a lion, and as a lioness, who shall rouse him? 10 The sceptre sh... ...m, and he made him drunk: and he went out in the evening, and slept on his couch with the servants of his lord, and went not down into his house. 14 A... ...their design all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of the Persians. 6 And in the reign of Assuerus, in the be- gin... ...Jerusalem was interrupted, and ceased till the second year of the reign of Darius king of the Persians. Chapter 5 Now Aggeus the prophet, and Zacharia... ...d not hinder them. And it was agreed that the matter should be referred to Darius, and then they should give satisfaction concerning that accusation. ... ...and his counsellors the Arphasachites, who dwelt beyond the river, sent to Darius the king. 7 The letter which they sent him, was written thus: To Dar... ...e king send his pleasure to us concerning this matter. Chapter 6 Then king Darius gave orders, and they searched in the library of the books that were... ... bed shall comfort me, and I shall be relieved, speaking with myself on my couch: 14 Thou wilt frighten me with dreams, and terrify me with visions. 1...

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...d in scarlet, with the purple-bordered robe over it; he gave audience on a couch of state, having always about him some young men called Celeres, from... ...t were specified, and should not spend their lives at home, laid on costly couches at splendid tables, delivering themselves up into the hands of thei... ... sense that would furnish such plain and com- mon rooms with silver-footed couches and purple coverlets and gold and silver plate. Doubtless he had go... ...was more easily able to persuade them, avoiding all mention of danger from Darius or the Persians, who were at a great distance, and their com- ing ve... ...very unfor- tunate month to the barbarians, for in it Alexander over- came Darius’s generals on the Granicus; and the Carthaginians, on the twenty-fou... ...ed real and true commendation from the best men. When Datis, being sent by Darius under pretense of pun- ishing the Athenians for their burning of Sar... ...olemus’s flocks and herds. She, turning her face to- wards the wall upon a couch, seemed fast asleep, and having heard all that passed, unsuspected, n... ...pt company with ac- tresses, musicians, and dancers, drinking with them on couches night and day. His chief favorites were Roscius the comedian, Sorex...

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...ou wentest up to thy father’s bed; then de ledst thou it: he went up to my couch. 5 Simeon and Levi are brethren; instruments of cruelty are in their ... ...lion’s whelp: from the prey, my son, thou art gone up: he stooped down, he couched as a lion, and as an old lion; who shall rouse him up? 10 The scept... ... of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon. 14 Issachar is a strong ass couching down be- tween two burdens: 15 And he saw that rest was good, and ... ...and shall break their bones, and pierce them through with his arrows. 9 He couched, he lay down as a lion, and as a great lion: who shall stir him up?... ...eir purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia. 6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the be- ginning ... ...d which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia. Chapter 5 Then the prophets, Haggai the prophet, and... ...the Jews, that they could not cause them to cease, till the matter came to Darius: and then they returned answer by letter concerning this matter. 6 T... ...companions the Apharsachites, which were on this side the river, sent unto Darius the king: 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; U... ...us the king: 7 They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace. 8 Be it known unto the king, that we went into ...

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...r may recollect is mentioned by Suidas (in his Commentary on the Flight of Darius), is so called by the Mahrattas. 30 Major Gahagan son,* and was tol... ...and say I grieve that to-night I have not the time to see her. Spread me a couch here, and bring me supper here: a jar of Persian wine well cooled, a ... ...s about midnight. “Have you considered?” said the Vizier, as he came to my couch. “I have,” said I, sitting up,—I could not stand, for my legs were ti...

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... brought the feet into immediate contact with the cushions, squabs, &c. of couches. NOTE 6. Chemistry had its first origin in Arabia; and it is not im... ... the year 1725.] At the time of Marathon, fought against the Lieutenant of Darius, the Olympic games had existed for two hundred years, mi- nus thirte...

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...rsuading him to take the advan- tage of the night’s obscurity to fall upon Darius. “By no means,” said be; “it is not for such a man as I am to steal ... ...Pro Ligar. c. 12.]—I should have a register of injuries, or a prompter, as Darius, who, that he might not forget the offence he had received from thos... ...m obtained the victory. As for the Scythians, ’tis said of them, that when Darius went his expedition to subdue them, he sent, by a herald, highly to ... ...f Scotland no more pant after Touraine; than the Scythians after Thessaly. Darius asking certain Greeks what they would take to assume the custom of t... ...by a letter from Parmenio, that Philip, his most beloved physician, was by Darius’ money corrupted to poi- son him, at the same time he gave the lette... ... his wife, that not hav- ing so much patience as till she could get to the couch, he threw her upon the floor, where the vehemence of pleasure made hi... ..., that contain nothing but a fine jingle of well-chosen words and delicate couched phrases, but rather replete and 322 Essays: Book the First aboundi... ...he First [“Nor do burning fevers quit you sooner if you are stretched on a couch of rich tapestry and in a vest of purple dye, than if you be in a coa... ...nd impious, if anything shall be found, through ignorance or inadvertency, couched in this rhapsody, contrary to the holy resolutions and pre- scripti...

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... were still stretched in their corner. Hardly roused from my somewhat hard couch, I felt my brain freed, my mind clear. I then began an attentive exam... ...ing, and thinking. Then sleep overpowered me, and I stretched myself on my couch of zostera, and slept profoundly, whilst the Nautilus was gliding rap... ...ail to draw some inhabitant from its 86 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea dark couch. But if they did approach us, they at least kept at a respectful dist... ...nd it was so wide that two triremes could go abreast. It was carried on by Darius, the son of Hystaspes, and probably finished by Ptolemy II. Strabo s...

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...ow was gone for his Christmas holiday. It was as pleasant to Esmond on his couch 12 Henry Esmond – Book Three to watch the young man’s pleasure at th... ...s taken up for a ride in Alexander’s chariot. I have no desire to vanquish Darius or to tame Bucephalus. I do not want what you want, a great name or ...

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... mellifluous harmony the coming of the rosy Dawn, that, deserting the soft couch of her jealous spouse, was appearing to mortals at the gates and balc... ...ther case be made for it as that which Alexander found among the spoils of Darius and set aside for the safe keeping of the works of the poet Homer. T... ... in the best part of this Andalusia. I took and read the letter, which was couched in terms so flattering that even I myself felt it would be wrong in... ...y stretch me, not as a hard battle- field, but as a soft and happy nuptial couch; and touching the conso- lation of Sancho Panza, my squire, I rely up... ... her out of the stubble, and place her under a canopy, on a dais, and on a couch, with more velvet cushions than all the Almohades of Morocco ever had... ...oof to have found you in this place, where solitude and night, the natural couch and proper retreat of knights-errant, keep you company.” To which Don...

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... mellifluous harmony the coming of the rosy Dawn, that, deserting the soft couch of her jealous spouse, was appearing to mortals at the gates and balc... ...ther case be made for it as that which Alexander found among the spoils of Darius and set aside for the safe keeping of the works of the poet Homer. T... ... in the best part of this Andalusia. I took and read the letter, which was couched in terms so flattering that even I myself felt it would be wrong in... ...y stretch me, not as a hard battle- field, but as a soft and happy nuptial couch; and touching the conso- lation of Sancho Panza, my squire, I rely up...

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...: “Now need our way must turn few steps apart, Far as to that ill beast, who couches there.” Thereat toward the right our downward course We shap... ...y, Notes to Ep. iii. v. 66. Saidst thou he had?] In Aeschylus, the shade of Darius is represented as inquiring with similar anxiety after the fate o... ...ainst his breast! The other ye behold, who for his cheek Makes of one hand a couch, with frequent sighs. They are the father and the father in law Of ... ...orn.” He then: “Now pass thee on: sev’n times the tired sun Revisits not the couch, which with four feet The forked Aries covers, ere that kind Opinio... ... so slowly sped, that with cleft orb The moon once more o’erhangs her wat’ry couch, Ere we that strait have threaded. But when free We came and open, ... ...le thought May image, how at first I re beheld The sun, that bedward now his couch o’erhung. Thus with my leader’s feet still equaling pace From ...

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...ate Adrastus shone, Stretch’d on rich carpets on his ivory throne; A lofty couch receives each princely guest; Around, at awful distance, wait the res... ...my spouse with wanton play, And feebly sung a lusty roundelay: Then on the couch his weary limbs he cast; 390 For every labour must... ...s, to favour his design. Who studies now but discontented May? On her soft couch uneasily she lay: 420 The lumpish husb... ...raced Than that Mausolus’ pious widow placed, Or where enshrined the great Darius lay; But cost on graves is merely thrown away. ... ...a, la, la. 2 What passes in the dark third row, And what behind the scene, Couches and crippled chairs I know, And garrets hung with green; I know the...

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...ood. The three mullets on a gules wavy reversed, surmounted by the sinople couchant Or; the well- known cognizance of the house, blazed in gorgeous he... ...ily was reclining on one of Down and Eider’s voluptuous ottomans, the only couch on which Belgravian beauty now reposes, when Lord Bathershins entered... ...r may recollect is mentioned by Suidas (in his Commentary on the Flight of Darius), is so called by the Mahrattas. 158 Thackeray titles on our Genera... ...nd say I grieve that to- night I have not the time to see her. Spread me a couch here, and bring me supper here: a jar of Persian wine well cooled, a ... ...as about midnight. “Have you considered?” said the Vizier as he came to my couch. “I have,” said I, sitting up,—I could not stand, for my legs were ti... ...inging him hot water for his ablutions, smiling asked, “W ould he have his couch warmed at eve?” One might have been sure from their blushes that the ...

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...tly as sume the continued existence of the dead in an upper or under world. Darius and Laius are still alive; Antigone will 28 Phaedo be dear to her... ... out and beating herself. And when she was gone, Socrates, sitting up on the couch, bent and rubbed his leg, saying, as he was rubbing: How singular i... ... held to be unlawful. Here he changed his position, and put his legs off the couch on to the ground, and during the rest of the conversation he remain... ...I was close to him on his right hand, seated on a sort of stool, and he on a couch which was a good deal higher. He stroked my head, and pressed the h...

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...nomical. Do you believe, upon your conscience, that Homer, whilst he was a-couching his Iliads and Odysses, had any thought upon those allegories, whi... ...ap of my roaster, and another did I throw as well as I could under a field-couch that was placed near to the chim- ney, wherein was the straw-bed of m... ...mnon, a lick-box. Ulysses, a hay-mower. Nestor, a door-keeper or forester. Darius, a gold-finder or jakes-farmer. Ancus Martius, a ship-trimmer. Camil... ...; but the other poor rogues, the kings that are there below, as Alexander, Darius, and others, stole it away from him by night. I saw Pathelin, the tr... ..., imme- diately after his having obtained a glorious victory over the King Darius in Arbela, refused, in the presence of the splen- did and illustriou... ...ch dropped from thence, wrote with the spindle-point some curt and briefly-couched verses, which she threw into the air, then said unto them, Search a... ...s stately canopy, within a glorious and sublime pavilion, or yet on a soft couch betwixt rich curtains of cloth of gold, without affrightment, at long... ...nd also celebrate the skill of the Scythians in that art, who sent once to Darius, King of Persia, an am- bassador that made him a present of a bird, ... ...n to say anything, answered that he had not; which puzzled and grav- elled Darius very much, till Gobrias, one of the seven cap- tains that had killed...

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...d of form and incapable of operative production; ’tis all that I can do to couch it in this airy body of the voice; the wisest and devoutest men have ... ... exactly and gloriously performed in his own person; his body lying upon a couch, but his judgment and courage upright and firm to his last gasp, and ... ...ubstantial words. Alexander the Great, having found a rich cabinet amongst Darius’ spoils, gave order it should be reserved for him to keep his Homer ...

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...his permis- sion, nor could he take notice of Webb’s letter, though it was couched in terms the most insulting. Half the army believed that the cities... ...ow was gone for his Christmas holiday. It was as pleasant to Esmond on his couch to watch the young man’s pleasure at the idea of being free, as to no... ...a ride in Alexander’s chariot. I have no desire to vanquish 319 Thackeray Darius or to tame Bucephalus. I do not want what you want, a great name or ...