The History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times Till the Conquest by the Arabs, A.D. 640, Volume 2George Bell, 1885 - Egypt |
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... wished to act as his guardian ; but her unkindness to him was so remarkable that historians have thought that it was a nickname . The mother and the son were jointly styled sovereigns of Egypt ; but they lived apart , and in distrust of ...
... wished to act as his guardian ; but her unkindness to him was so remarkable that historians have thought that it was a nickname . The mother and the son were jointly styled sovereigns of Egypt ; but they lived apart , and in distrust of ...
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... wished not to quarrel with either . He therefore at once made up his mind not to grant the fleet which Lucullus had been sent to ask for . It had been usual for the kings of Egypt to pay the expenses of the Roman ambassadors while ...
... wished not to quarrel with either . He therefore at once made up his mind not to grant the fleet which Lucullus had been sent to ask for . It had been usual for the kings of Egypt to pay the expenses of the Roman ambassadors while ...
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... wished - for coolness , and freedom from thirst . Others , again , of a more Inscript . haughty nature , buried him with the prayer that he Boeckh , might be able to get the better of his enemies , when he met them in the next world ...
... wished - for coolness , and freedom from thirst . Others , again , of a more Inscript . haughty nature , buried him with the prayer that he Boeckh , might be able to get the better of his enemies , when he met them in the next world ...
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... wished - for decree before he went to Rome , in the twenty - fourth year of his Dod . Sic . reign . But we know nothing of the first years of his reign . A nation must be in a very demoralised state when its history disproves the saying ...
... wished - for decree before he went to Rome , in the twenty - fourth year of his Dod . Sic . reign . But we know nothing of the first years of his reign . A nation must be in a very demoralised state when its history disproves the saying ...
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... wished to see him . But the Roman sent word back that he was unwell , and that if the king wanted to speak to him he must come himself . This was not a time for Auletes to quarrel with a senator , when he was on his way to Rome to beg ...
... wished to see him . But the Roman sent word back that he was unwell , and that if the king wanted to speak to him he must come himself . This was not a time for Auletes to quarrel with a senator , when he was on his way to Rome to beg ...
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