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Page 156
... Demosthenes has left a curious example . Hardly anything in Grecian history is better authenticated than the fate of Olynthus in its contest with Lacedæmon ; the complete dissolution of the confederacy of which it had been the head ...
... Demosthenes has left a curious example . Hardly anything in Grecian history is better authenticated than the fate of Olynthus in its contest with Lacedæmon ; the complete dissolution of the confederacy of which it had been the head ...
Page 157
... Demosthenes . We subjoin the account given of the trial by Mr. Mitford ; which must be interesting to our readers , as having called forth the powers of the accuser and the accused in an intellectual conflict which has been conse ...
... Demosthenes . We subjoin the account given of the trial by Mr. Mitford ; which must be interesting to our readers , as having called forth the powers of the accuser and the accused in an intellectual conflict which has been conse ...
Page 160
... Demosthenes was reduced to considerable per- plexities . He withdrew , therefore , from his leading situation , and a short tranquillity followed . It was not till he had carried his long concerted measure of an alliance with Thebes ...
... Demosthenes was reduced to considerable per- plexities . He withdrew , therefore , from his leading situation , and a short tranquillity followed . It was not till he had carried his long concerted measure of an alliance with Thebes ...
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Timber Essay on the Strength of | 18 |
Tobin Mr Memoirs | 30 |
Translation New of Aristotles | 177 |
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