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... armies in Spain. In 133 the terrible fate of Numantia, and in 132 the merciless suppression of the Sicilian slave-revolt, warned all foes of the Republic that the sword, which the incompetence of many generals had made seem duller than of old, was still keen to smite; and except where some slave-bands were in desperate rebellion, and in Pergamus, where a pretender disputed with Rome the legacy of Attalus, every land along the shores of the Mediterranean was subject to or at the mercy ...

— The Gracchi Marius and Sulla - Epochs Of Ancient History • A.H. Beesley

... other gifts, with a sword of honour, he said in a loud and determined voice: 'With this sword I hope to smite any enemy of ...

— Forty-one years in India - From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief • Frederick Sleigh Roberts

... after having been flogged, I have fled to the highest hills of the forest, pressing my way to the North for refuge; but the river Ohio was my limit. To me it was an impassable gulf. I had no rod wherewith to smite the stream, and thereby divide the waters. I had no Moses to go before me and lead the way from bondage to a promised land. Yet I was in a far worse state than Egyptian bondage; for they had houses and land; I had none; they had oxen and sheep; I had none; ...

— Narrative of the Life and Adventures of Henry Bibb, an American Slave, Written by Himself • Henry Bibb

... stretch out my hand, and smite Egypt with all my wonders which I will do in the midst thereof: and after that ...

— The Woman's Bible. • Elizabeth Cady Stanton

... smite the thorn-crowned Head Of Christendom, their proudest aspirations Ambitioned but a place ...

— Purgatory • Mary Anne Madden Sadlier

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