The Grecian History: From the Earliest State, to the Death of Alex. the Great, Volumes 1-2Matthew Carey and Thomas and William Bradford, 1805 - Greece |
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... possessed of greater power ; they conducted the armies of the state , and were attended by judges , field - deputies , and a general of the horse . How- ever , they were not entirely at liberty even in war , as they received their ...
... possessed of greater power ; they conducted the armies of the state , and were attended by judges , field - deputies , and a general of the horse . How- ever , they were not entirely at liberty even in war , as they received their ...
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... possessed of all the lands and the wealth of the country . In order , therefore , to banish the inso- lence , the fraud , and the luxury of the one , as well as the misery , the repining , and the factious despair of the others , he ...
... possessed of all the lands and the wealth of the country . In order , therefore , to banish the inso- lence , the fraud , and the luxury of the one , as well as the misery , the repining , and the factious despair of the others , he ...
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... possessed of gold or silver of their property ; but , what was equivolent , he cried down its value , and suffered nothing but iron money to pass in exchange for every commodity . This coin also he made so heavy , and fixed at so low a ...
... possessed of gold or silver of their property ; but , what was equivolent , he cried down its value , and suffered nothing but iron money to pass in exchange for every commodity . This coin also he made so heavy , and fixed at so low a ...
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... possessed of mutual incli- nation . In fact . in many of the laws of Lycurgus he seems to admit , that private vices may become public benefits , and this among the number . Besides these constitutional regulations , there were many ...
... possessed of mutual incli- nation . In fact . in many of the laws of Lycurgus he seems to admit , that private vices may become public benefits , and this among the number . Besides these constitutional regulations , there were many ...
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... possessed of written laws before his time . However , he was not afraid to enact the most severe laws , which laid the same penalties on the most attrocious and the most trifling offences . These laws which punished all crimes with ...
... possessed of written laws before his time . However , he was not afraid to enact the most severe laws , which laid the same penalties on the most attrocious and the most trifling offences . These laws which punished all crimes with ...
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Alcibiades Alexander Alexander's ambition Aristagoras Aristides arms arrived Artaphernes Asia Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body camp carried cause cavalry chariot Cimon citizens commanded conquest courage Cyrus danger Darius death declared defeat defended Demosthenes dreadful eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fight fleet foot forces fought friends gallies gave give glory greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus head Hellespont honour horse hundred inhabitants killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Lysander Macedon Macedonians manner Mardonius master mean Miltiades monarch Nicias obliged occasion oppose oracle Parmenio passed Pausanias Pelopidas Pericles Persian phalanx Philip Phocians Porus possessed prince prisoners resolved rest river sail seemed seized sent shew ships side siege Socrates soldiers Solon soon Spartans success Syracusans Thebans Thebes Themistocles thence thousand tion Tissaphernes took troops utmost valour victory walls whole army wing Xenophon Xerxes
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Page 148 - ... of my old age. I cannot, indeed, forbear admiring their courage and felicity, in sacrificing to their country's welfare a life, of which they would one day have been deprived by the common course of nature : but then I cannot but be strongly affected with the cruel wound which their death has made in my heart, nor forbear hating and detesting the Athenians, the authors of this unhappy war, as the murderers of my children ; but, however, I cannot conceal one circumstance, which is, that I am less...
Page 79 - He himself led on the right wing into the river, followed by the rest of the troops ; the trumpets sounding, and the whole army raising cries of joy. The Persians seeing this detachment advance...
Page 123 - ... darts of philosophy, those salutary darts which strike to the very heart, and leave in it the strongest incitements to virtue and solid glory.
Page 103 - Both the attack and defence were now more vigorous than ever. The courage of the combatants increased with the danger; and each side, animated by the most powerful motives, fought like lions. Wherever the battering-rams had beat down any part of the...
Page 54 - Miltiades, however, declared for the contrary opinion, and shewed that the only means to exalt the courage of their own troops, and to strike a terror into those of the enemy, was to advance boldly towards them with an air of confidence and desperate intrepidity.
Page 105 - ... me cross the Hellespont boldly; and assured me that God would march at the head of my army, and give me the victory over that of the Persians.
Page 187 - I honour and love you ; but I shall choose rather to obey God than you, and to my latest breath shall never renounce my philosophy, nor cease to exhort and reprove you, according to my custom, by telling- each of you, when you come in my way, My good friend and citizen of the most famous city in the world for wisdom and...
Page 125 - ... he was resolved not only to be called, but to be believed, the son of Jupiter ; as if it had been possible for him to command as absolutely over the mind as over the tongue, and that the Macedonians would condescend to fall prostrate and adore him, after the Persian manner.
Page 48 - If they are prevailed on to embrace these overtures, we shall effectuate our great purpose, and act with a dignity worthy of our state ; but should it happen that we are not so successful, whatever misfortunes they may suffer, to themselves they shall be imputed ; while your conduct shall appear in no one instance inconsistent with the honour and renown of Athens.
Page 95 - For the rest of the women had been carried to Damascus, with part of Darius's treasure, and all such things as contributed only to the luxury and magnificence of his court. No more than three thousand talents * were found...