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... inhabitants . CHAPTER II . Of the Government of Sparta , and the Laws of Lycurgus . 1. ALTHOUGH the kingdom of Lacedæmon was not so consider- able as that of Athens , yet as it was of much earlier institution , it demands our first ...
... inhabitants . CHAPTER II . Of the Government of Sparta , and the Laws of Lycurgus . 1. ALTHOUGH the kingdom of Lacedæmon was not so consider- able as that of Athens , yet as it was of much earlier institution , it demands our first ...
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... inhabitants of each district . Each portion was sufficient to maintain a family in that frugal manner he proposed ; and , though the kings had a larger share assigned them to support their dignity , yet their tables had rather an air of ...
... inhabitants of each district . Each portion was sufficient to maintain a family in that frugal manner he proposed ; and , though the kings had a larger share assigned them to support their dignity , yet their tables had rather an air of ...
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... inhabitants , and obliged themselves by oath not to re- turn until their designs were accomplished ; their women in the mean time , remonstrated , that from their long absence all pos- terity would be at an end . 67. To remedy this ...
... inhabitants , and obliged themselves by oath not to re- turn until their designs were accomplished ; their women in the mean time , remonstrated , that from their long absence all pos- terity would be at an end . 67. To remedy this ...
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... inhabitants are neither too rich nor too poor . " That , " , " said Anacharsis , the Scythian , " where virtue is honoured and vice always detested . " " That , " said 66 B Cleobolus , " where the citizens fear blame more than OF GREECE ...
... inhabitants are neither too rich nor too poor . " That , " , " said Anacharsis , the Scythian , " where virtue is honoured and vice always detested . " " That , " said 66 B Cleobolus , " where the citizens fear blame more than OF GREECE ...
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... inhabitants upon the sea coast . 42. Pisistratus was of these the most powerful . He was a well bred man ; of a gentle and insinuating behaviour ; ready to succour and assist the poor , whose cause he pretended to es- pouse . He was ...
... inhabitants upon the sea coast . 42. Pisistratus was of these the most powerful . He was a well bred man ; of a gentle and insinuating behaviour ; ready to succour and assist the poor , whose cause he pretended to es- pouse . He was ...
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