 | Charles Rollin - Carthaginians - 1735 - 520 pages
...conceived was, to burn the fleet, belonging to the reft of the Grecian ftates, which was then lying in a neighbouring port ; and that by this means Athens would certainly become miftrefs of all Greece. Ariftides hereupon returned to the aflembly, and only declared to them, that... | |
 | L M. Stretch - 1801 - 248 pages
...and prudence. Themistocles , therefore , having taken aside , told him that the design he had ceived was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the Grecian states , which then Jay in a neighbouring port; and by this means Athens would certainly become mistress of all Greece.... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1804 - 584 pages
...prudence, Themistocles therefore having taken him aside, told him, that the design he had conceived was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the Grecian states, which' then lay in a neighbours ing port, and that by this means Athens would cer- Xerxes. tainly become mistress of all... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1805 - 408 pages
...Arist. fk 3$Z . - \ , . :.-:-. .-' ". •''.»' -Va. . ."--'i.'.Mm, that the design he had conceived Was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the...neighbouring port, and that by this means Athens would cer- . taiiily become mistress of all Greece. Aristides-hereupon returned to the assembly, and only... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1805 - 350 pages
...the proposal. T,hemistocIes, therefore, taking him aside, told him, that the design he had conceived was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the...states, which then lay in a neighbouring port; and thus procure Athens an undisputed sovereignty of the sea. Aristides, inwardly displeased at the proposal,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1806 - 444 pages
...was pitched upon for this purpose. To him Themistocles privately signified his intention of burning the fleet belonging to the rest of the Grecian states , which then lay in a neighbouring port , and thus rendering Athens the undisputed sovereign of the sea. Aristides , shoco base/ a proposal ; made... | |
 | Charles Rollin - History, Ancient - 1808 - 684 pages
...having taken him aside, told him, that the design he had conceived was to burn the fleet belong. rag to the rest of the Grecian states, which then lay...could be more advantageous to the commonwealth than Themistocles's project, but that at the same time nothing in the world could be more unjust. All the... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1809 - 322 pages
...was pitched upon for this purpose. To him Themistocles privately signified his intention of burning the fleet belonging to the rest of the Grecian states, which then lay in a neighbouring port, and thus rendering Athens the undisputed sovereign of the sea. Aristides, shocked at so base a proposal,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1812 - 454 pages
...the proposal. Themistocles, therefore, taking him aside, told him, that the design he had conceived was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the...states, which then lay in a neighbouring port, and thus procure Athens an undisputed sovereignty of the sea. Aristides, inwardly displeased at the proposal,... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1814 - 578 pages
...the proposal. Themistocles, therefore, taking him aside, told him, that the design he had conceived was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the...states, which then lay in a neighbouring, port, and thus procure for Athens an undisputed sovereignty of tfte sea. Aristides, inwardly displeased at the... | |
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Themistocles taking him aside, told him that the design he had conceived, was to burn the fleet belonging to the rest of the Grecian states which then lay in a neighbouring port, when Athens would assuredly become mistress of all Greece. 
