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" ... 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... "
The Grecian History: From the Earliest State, to the Death of Alex. the Great - Page 148
by Oliver Goldsmith - 1805
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 3

Charles Rollin - Carthaginians - 1735 - 520 pages
...one day have been deprived by the common •* courfe of nature : but then I cannot but be ** ftrongly affected with the cruel wound which " their death has made in my heart ; nor forbear " hating and detefting the Athenians, who firft " lighted up this unhappy war, as the murderers i •* of DARIUS...
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The beauties of history; or, Pictures of virtue and vice, drawn from real life

L M. Stretch - 1801 - 248 pages
...affected with the cruel wound which their death hath made in my heart ; nor forbear hating and despising the Athenians, the authors of this unhappy war, as...circumstance , which is , that I am less sensible for my private afflictions , than for the honour of my country 5 • and I see it exposed to eternal...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 4

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1800 - 430 pages
...day have been deprived by the common courfe of nature: but then I cannot but be flrongly affe£led with the cruel wound which their death has made in my heart ; nor forbear hating and detefting the Athenians, the authors of this unhappy war, as the murderers of my children. Bui., «...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 3

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1804 - 584 pages
...their country's Nothus. " welfare, a life of which they would one day have •" been deprived by the common course of nature : ** But then I cannot but...circumstance, which is, that I •" am less sensible to my private affliction, than to *c the honour of my country : And I see it exposed ** to eternal...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 3

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1805 - 408 pages
...sacrificing to their conn try's welfare " a life of which they would one day have bsen -deprived by " the common course of nature ; but then I cannot but be...Athenians, the authors of this unhappy war, as the mur" derers of my children. But, however, I cannot conceal one " circumstance, which is, that I am...
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Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and Vice

L. M. Stretch - 1808 - 316 pages
...made in my heart ; nor forbear hating and despising the Athenians, the authors of this unhappy tear, as the murderers of my children. But, however, I cannot...one circumstance, which is, that I am less sensible for my private afflictions, than for the honour of my country ; and I see it exposed to eternal infamy,...
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The History of Greece: From the Earliest State, to the Death of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1812 - 454 pages
...sacrificing to their country's welfare a life, of T 2 which they would one day have been deprived by the common course of nature: but then I cannot but be...that I am less sensible of my private affliction than that of the honour of my country, and I see it exposed to eternal infamy by the barbarous advice which...
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1814 - 578 pages
...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...I cannot conceal one circumstance, which is, that 1 am less sensible of my private affliction than of the honour of my country, and I see it exposed...
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The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians ..., Volume 2

Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1815 - 544 pages
...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 can"not but be...which their death has " made in my heart, nor forbear haling and detesting the Athenians, the "authors of this unhappy war, as the murderers of my children....
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1818 - 346 pages
...which they would one day have been deprived by the common course of nature ; but then I cannot bat be strongly affected with the cruel wound which their...less sensible of my private affliction than of the honor of, my country ; and I see it exposed to eternal infamy by the barbarous advice which is now...
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