Ocean and Her Rulers: A Narrative of the Nations which Have from the Earliest Ages Held Dominion Over the Sea, Comprising a Brief History of Navigation from the Remotest Periods to the Present Time |
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... successes had results beyond their immediate influence ; they taught the Athenians their power at sea - they gave them greater experience in the management of their vessels , and inspired them with confidence in their own skill ...
... successes had results beyond their immediate influence ; they taught the Athenians their power at sea - they gave them greater experience in the management of their vessels , and inspired them with confidence in their own skill ...
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... success were great , for he had conquered the Asiatic Greeks , and forced the kingdom of Macedon to pay him tribute . His death did not relieve Greece from the apprehension of a new Persian invasion ; for Xerxes , the son and successor ...
... success were great , for he had conquered the Asiatic Greeks , and forced the kingdom of Macedon to pay him tribute . His death did not relieve Greece from the apprehension of a new Persian invasion ; for Xerxes , the son and successor ...
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... successes . As it happened , circumstances most singularly assisted the Greeks , and gave a finishing stroke to the events of the day , -for the scattered vessels of the Persians , in flying from the scene of engagement , were ...
... successes . As it happened , circumstances most singularly assisted the Greeks , and gave a finishing stroke to the events of the day , -for the scattered vessels of the Persians , in flying from the scene of engagement , were ...
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... success which had attended the later operations of the Persian army having somewhat weakened the effect produced on the mind of Xerxes by the check he encountered at Thermopyla , that king resolved to hazard another naval battle ; and ...
... success which had attended the later operations of the Persian army having somewhat weakened the effect produced on the mind of Xerxes by the check he encountered at Thermopyla , that king resolved to hazard another naval battle ; and ...
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... arrogant by success , they fomented discord among their neighbours , that they might profit by their quarrels ; and it is sad to trace how gradually , yet surely , they sped onwards to their ruin , when luxury and intempe- 43.
... arrogant by success , they fomented discord among their neighbours , that they might profit by their quarrels ; and it is sad to trace how gradually , yet surely , they sped onwards to their ruin , when luxury and intempe- 43.
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