Greek History from Themistocles to Alexander: In a Series of Lives from PlutarchLongmans, Green, and Company, 1870 |
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... danger of forgetting , and which it is essential to possess before proceeding to the commentary which ex- plains , and the criticism which checks it . Criti- cism has indeed effected wonders ; but no know- ledge vi PREFACE .
... danger of forgetting , and which it is essential to possess before proceeding to the commentary which ex- plains , and the criticism which checks it . Criti- cism has indeed effected wonders ; but no know- ledge vi PREFACE .
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... dangers and terrors , that shook the whole fabric of western civilisation , into the busy peace and prosperity of the last flourishing era of heathen- dom ; marked , it would seem , moreover , by a sort * Plutarch's Lives . A ...
... dangers and terrors , that shook the whole fabric of western civilisation , into the busy peace and prosperity of the last flourishing era of heathen- dom ; marked , it would seem , moreover , by a sort * Plutarch's Lives . A ...
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... danger from Darius or the Persians , who were at a great distance , and their coming very uncertain and at that time not much to be feared ; but , by a seasonable employment of the emulation and anger felt by the Athenians against the ...
... danger from Darius or the Persians , who were at a great distance , and their coming very uncertain and at that time not much to be feared ; but , by a seasonable employment of the emulation and anger felt by the Athenians against the ...
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... danger , there was one Epicydes , son of Euphemides , a popular speaker , a man of an eloquent tongue , but of a faint heart and a slave to riches , who was desirous of the command , and was looked upon to be in a fair way to carry it ...
... danger , there was one Epicydes , son of Euphemides , a popular speaker , a man of an eloquent tongue , but of a faint heart and a slave to riches , who was desirous of the command , and was looked upon to be in a fair way to carry it ...
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... danger of this contest , yielded his own command to Eurybiades , and got the Athenians to submit , extenuating the loss by persuading them that if in this war they behaved them- selves like men , he would answer for it after that , that ...
... danger of this contest , yielded his own command to Eurybiades , and got the Athenians to submit , extenuating the loss by persuading them that if in this war they behaved them- selves like men , he would answer for it after that , that ...
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