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parthians

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noun

  1. plural of Parthian

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The Parthians coming upon the rest with their lances, killed them fighting, nor were there above five hundred taken prisoners.
PlutarchPlutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and RomansProject Gutenberg ebook #674
The ancient Parthians appear to have been a nation of Scythian or Tartar extraction, and to have always retained a good deal of the manners of their ancestors.
Adam SmithAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of NationsProject Gutenberg ebook #3300
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The most warlike nations at this time in being are the most rude and ignorant: the Scythians, the Parthians, Tamerlane, serve for sufficient proof of this.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600
Noble Ventidius, Whilst yet with Parthian blood thy sword is warm, The fugitive Parthians follow.
William ShakespeareThe Complete Works of William ShakespeareProject Gutenberg ebook #100
TITYRUS Sooner shall light stags, therefore, feed in air, The seas their fish leave naked on the strand, Germans and Parthians shift their natural bounds, And these the Arar, those the Tigris drink, Than from my heart his face and memory fade.
VirgilThe Bucolics and EcloguesProject Gutenberg ebook #230