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Plutarch states that, when questioned by Scipio as to who was the greatest general, Hannibal is said to have replied either Alexander or Pyrrhus, then himself, or, according to another version of the event, Pyrrhus, Scipio, then himself.
Nicholas replied that he would allow his daughters to decide whom to marry, but he noticed that the Serbian prince Alexander often gazed upon Tatiana during a family dinner.
In the case of Hitchens ' criticisms of Said on his death bed, Hitchens replied, " It's actually rather silly of Alexander to say that ... he's often written counter-obituaries of people who have been overpraised and has chosen precisely the moment when there's a lot of sentimental garbage being published to say, ' come on, this guy wasn't so great!
When asked why, Schlesinger replied to Nitze that he was concerned Nixon's aides, particularly Alexander Haig, may have contemplated initiating a military coup to retain Executive power.
" Porus replied, " Treat me, O Alexander, like a king.
He replied that the experiment was " ingenious ," but suggested that Alexander may have distorted the data in the hope of provoking a public debate, and that the study had methodological flaws, though he did not state examples.
John Brunt's father met Field Marshal Harold Alexander at the ceremony and said to him " I expect that you know many men who should have been awarded this medal ", to which the General replied " No, because there is always only one who will do the unexpected and that day it was your son.
Taken to Tsar Alexander I of Russia, Vandamme was accused of looting, but is alleged to have replied, " I am neither a plunderer nor a brigand but in any case, my contemporaries and history will not reproach me for having soaked my hands in the blood of my father " ( an allusion to the murder of Paul I of Russia ).
Menaechmus was said to have been the tutor of Alexander the Great ; this belief derives from the following anecdote: supposedly, once, when Alexander asked him for a shortcut to understanding geometry, he replied " O King, for traveling over the country, there are royal road and roads for common citizens, but in geometry there is one road for all " ( Beckmann 1989, p. 34 ).
Lanfranc wrote to Alexander II, attempting to get a written papal privilege of Canterbury's primacy, but Alexander replied that Lanfranc must personally resubmit the case to the papal court before a papal privilege could be issued.

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Mr. Alexander H. Wheelan's Study Helps In Point And Figure Technique tells the readers: `` We assure you that the total number of people using this method of market analysis is a very small portion of the sum total of those operating in the securities and commodities markets ''.
And when he was alone again in the cabin, Alexander lowered his head into his arms and wept, for he knew full well what must be done, what in the end would be done.
And Alexander sobbed like a girl for the dreams he had had, and he felt no shame.
And in a sudden wave of painful clarity, Alexander recognized a kinship with Spencer.
In his writing he makes mention of a moment when Alexander's secondary naval commander, Onesicritus, was reading the Amazon passage of his Alexander history to King Lysimachus of Thrace who was on the original expedition: the king smiled at him and said " And where was I, then?
:" And even this conquest Buddhism has been won by the Beloved of the Gods here and in all the borderlands, as far as six hundred yojanas ( 5, 400-9, 600 km ) away, where Antiochos, king of the Yavanas rules, and beyond this Antiochus four kings named Ptolemy, Antigonos, Magas and Alexander rule ,".
In his writing Plutarch also makes mention of when Alexander's secondary naval commander, Onesicritus, was reading the Amazon passage of his Alexander history to King Lysimachus of Thrace who was on the original expedition, the king smiled at him and said " And where was I, then?
: And did not Alexander the Great have with him Thais, the Athenian hetaira?
And once his son Alexander was born, it appeared that she had found a more suitable heir.
However, Bosley Crowther in The New York Times wrote: “ The most distracting nonsense is the pop-up of familiar faces in so-called cameo roles, jarring the illusion .” Shana Alexander in Life Magazine stated: “ The pace was so stupefying that I felt not uplifted – but sandbagged !” And John Simon – later notorious as the frequently scathing theater and film critic of New York Magazine – wrote in the National Review: " God is unlucky in The Greatest Story Ever Told.
" Alexander Pope in the Dunciad spoke of the Emblems, " Where the pictures for the page atone And Quarles is saved by beauties not his own.
: And they compelled one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
* Various Artists-Greatest Rhythm And Blues Stars ( 1965 ) Label: Guest Star ( two tracks by Alexander )
* Interview With Richard Younger, " Get A Shot Of Rhythm And Blues: The Arthur Alexander Story "
He was in fact denounced as a sexually ambiguous figure in his time most notably by William Pulteney, then leader of the Opposition and as cited above, by Alexander Pope in his " Sporus " portrait: " Let Sporus tremble / What that thing of silk ... His wit all seesaw between that and this / Now high, now low, now master up, now miss / And he himself one vile antitheseis ...".
Cecil F. Alexander wrote the popular Anglican hymn All Things Bright And Beautiful in Minehead and in nearby Dunster the verse:
* Wayne Alexander, who plays the Drazi, also played Lorien in the first few episodes of season four, as well as Sebastian the Inquisitor from the season two episode “ Comes the Inquisitor ” ( his first role in the series ) and the Narn G ’ Dan in the season three episode “ And the Rock Cried Out, No Hiding Place ”.
And the writers on Athenian history, Hellanicus and Philochorus ( who wrote Atthis ), Castor and Thallus and Alexander Polyhistor, and also those most wise of men, Philo and Josephus ... these men mention Moses, as they do the very old and ancient origin of the Jews.
And in the realm of romance, the heroine of the song Annie Laurie was married to Alexander Ferguson of Craigdarroch.
" And beyond Antiochus, four kings by the name of Ptolemy, the name of Antigonos, the name of Magas, the name Alexander ").
And, although Pope Alexander II was reluctant to confirm this appointment, he was persuaded by Hildebrand to do so, perhaps as a compromise for peace.
* Transmitting And Recording Sounds By Radiant Energy, filed November 1885, issued May 1886 ( with Alexander and Chichester Bell )
" And beyond Antiochus, four kings by the name of Ptolemy, the name of Antigonos, the name of Magas, the name Alexander "
And it ( conquest by Dhamma ) has been won here, on the borders, even six hundred yojanas away, where the Greek king Antiochos rules, beyond there where the four kings named Ptolemy, Antigonos, Magas and Alexander rule, likewise in the south among the Cholas, the Pandyas, and as far as Tamraparni.

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I belong to Master Alexander Prieur ''.
`` I thought '', Midshipman Rogers had told Alexander, `` that Spencer was teaching him geometry ''.
Although his respect for Aristotle was diminished as his travels made it clear that much of Aristotle's geography was clearly wrong, when the old philosopher released his works to the public, Alexander complained " Thou hast not done well to publish thy acroamatic doctrines ; for in what shall I surpass other men if those doctrines wherein I have been trained are to be all men's common property?
* 1876 – Alexander I of Serbia ( d. 1903 )
Alexander I of Epirus (, 370 BC – 331 BC ), also known as Alexander Molossus (), was a king of Epirus ( 350 – 331 BC ) of the Aeacid dynasty.
As the son of Neoptolemus I and brother of Olympias, Alexander I was an uncle of Alexander the Great.
In 334 BC, Alexander I, at the request of the Greek colony of Taras ( in Magna Graecia ), crossed over into Italy, to aid them in battle against several Italic tribes, the Lucanians and Bruttii.
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Silver coin of Alexander I " Balas ".
Along with his sister Laodice VI, the youngster Alexander was " discovered " by Heracleides, a former minister of Antiochus IV and brother of Timarchus, an usurper in Media who had been executed by the reigning king Demetrius I Soter.
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Alexander I of Poland in Senate
In disposition Alexander bore little resemblance to his soft-hearted, liberal father, and still less to his refined, philosophic, sentimental, chivalrous, yet cunning granduncle, emperor Alexander I of Russia, who could have been given the title of " the first gentleman of Europe ".
Alexander I ( c. 1078 – 23 April 1124 ), also called Alaxandair mac Maíl Coluim ( Modern Gaelic: Alasdair mac Mhaol Chaluim ) and nicknamed " The Fierce ", was King of the Scots from 1107 to his death.
Edgar's will granted David the lands of the former kingdom of Strathclyde or Cumbria, and this was apparently agreed in advance by Edgar, Alexander, David and their brother-in-law Henry I of England.
The reverse of the seal ( device ) | seal of Alexander I, enhanced as a 19th century steel engraving.
Alexander had at least one illegitimate child, Máel Coluim mac Alaxandair, who was later to be involved in a revolt against David I in the 1130s.
Alexander I has been depicted in a fantasy novel.

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