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... danger , both on account of their fortifications , which they looked upon as impregnable , and the vast quantity of provisions they had laid up , began to insult the besiegers from the top of their walls , and to pro- voke them with ...
... danger , both on account of their fortifications , which they looked upon as impregnable , and the vast quantity of provisions they had laid up , began to insult the besiegers from the top of their walls , and to pro- voke them with ...
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... danger was general , and concerned the all ; and that it was their common interest to oppose an enemy , whose views of conquest were not confined to one nation . Some returned favourable answers to their demand ; others absolutely ...
... danger was general , and concerned the all ; and that it was their common interest to oppose an enemy , whose views of conquest were not confined to one nation . Some returned favourable answers to their demand ; others absolutely ...
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Charles Rollin. was Darius himself exempted from the common danger . He owed his pre- servation to a camel , which was loaded with water , and followed him with great difficulty through that wild and desert country . The king did not af ...
Charles Rollin. was Darius himself exempted from the common danger . He owed his pre- servation to a camel , which was loaded with water , and followed him with great difficulty through that wild and desert country . The king did not af ...
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... dangerous en- emy should be left alive , who might create the Persians new troubles . It ap peared by the sequel , that the conjecture of Artaphernes was well grounded : for when Hystiæus's head was brought to Darius , he expressed ...
... dangerous en- emy should be left alive , who might create the Persians new troubles . It ap peared by the sequel , that the conjecture of Artaphernes was well grounded : for when Hystiæus's head was brought to Darius , he expressed ...
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... dangerous obligation upon him , as well as a plausible pretext for them , to expect the same favour on the like occasion . He used to say , that the true citizen , or the honest man , ought to make no other use of his credit and power ...
... dangerous obligation upon him , as well as a plausible pretext for them , to expect the same favour on the like occasion . He used to say , that the true citizen , or the honest man , ought to make no other use of his credit and power ...
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affairs afterwards Agesil Agesilaus Alcibiades allies Aristides arms army arrived Artaxerxes Asia assembly Athenians Athens attack barbarians battle besieged Brasidas carried caused Cimon citizens command conduct courage Cyrus Darius death declared decree defend desired Diod endeavoured enemy engaged ephori expedition favour fleet forces friends galleys gave give glory gods greatest Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus Herod honour horse hundred inhabitants island king of Persia king's Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lysander manner Mardonius master means merit Nicias obliged observed occasion opinion Parysatis passed Pausanias Peloponnesus Pericles Persians person Pharnabasus Platææ Plut Plutarch present prince promised reign rendered republic resolved rest retired sail Salamin says sent ships Sicily side Socrates soldiers soon Sparta succour Syracusans Syracuse temple Themistocles thing thither thought thousand throne Thucyd tion Tissaphernes treaty troops tyrant utmost valour vessels victory virtue whole Xenoph Xenophon Xerxes
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Page 262 - ... which the weight of their arms made them unable to resist. By good fortune, they discovered another place not so deep, where some soldiers had seen the people of the country pass. It required abundance of address, diligence and valour., to keep off the enemy on both sides of them. The army, however, passed the river, at length, without much loss. They inarched forward with less interruption, passed the source of the Tigris, and arrived at the little river Teleboa, which is very beautiful,, and...
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Page 253 - Artaxerxes on his, who did not know what had passed elsewhere, believed each of them that they had gained the victory ; the first, because they had put the enemy to flight, and pursued them ; and the king, because he had killed his brother, beat the troops he had fought, and plundered their camp. The event was soon cleared up on both sides.
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