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" Thus having given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and the beasts of burthen. "
The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians ... - Page 32
by Charles Rollin - 1808
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State, to the Death of ..., Volumes 1-2

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1805 - 350 pages
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former ; one for the army to pass over, and the other for the' baggage and the beasts of burthen. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give...
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The History of Greece: From the Earliest State, to the Death of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1812 - 454 pages
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and the beasts of burthen. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 2

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1815 - 544 pages
...heads ttruck ч!'.' that had been charged with the direction and management of that undertaking. * Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one...former, who went about it in this manner : they placed 360 vessels across, some of them having three banks of oars, and others 50 oars each, with their sides...
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1818 - 346 pages
...giving vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former; one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give their labors greater stability...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthagininas, Assyrians ..., Volume 3

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1820 - 386 pages
...their heads struck off, that had been charged with the direction and management of that undertaking. * Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one...the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage i.nd beasts of burden. He appointed workmen more able an. i expert than the former, who went about...
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The history of Greece ... to the death of Alexander the great. To ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 422 pages
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and the beasts of burthen. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give...
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Sequel to the English Reader: Or, Elegant Selections in Prose and Poetry ...

Lindley Murray - Elocution - 1825 - 310 pages
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former ; one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and the beasts of burden. The workmen, now warned by .the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give...
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1828 - 328 pages
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former; one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage anci beasts of burden. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 2

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1830 - 480 pages
...their heads struck off, that had been charged with the direction and management of that undertaking.* Xerxes commanded two other bridges to be built, one...workmen more able and expert than the former, who constructed it in the following manner : they placed three hundred and sixty vessels across the strait,...
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The Second Reader, Or Juvenile Companion

John Lauris Blake - Readers - 1833 - 286 pages
...given vent to his absurd resentment, two bridges were ordered to be built in the place of the former, one for the army to pass over, and the other for the baggage and beasts of burden. The workmen, now warned by the fate of their predecessors, undertook to give their labors greater stability....
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