The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great |
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Page 27
... friends , to whom the scheme had been previously communicated , took up vast sums of money while it was low , in order to be possessed of the difference when it became of greater value . 23. Solon himself was suspected of having a hand ...
... friends , to whom the scheme had been previously communicated , took up vast sums of money while it was low , in order to be possessed of the difference when it became of greater value . 23. Solon himself was suspected of having a hand ...
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... friendship to kindred , and choice to necessity and constraint . From this institution the bond between the parents and children became more solid and firm it confirmed the just authority of the one , and in- creased the necessary ...
... friendship to kindred , and choice to necessity and constraint . From this institution the bond between the parents and children became more solid and firm it confirmed the just authority of the one , and in- creased the necessary ...
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... friends and supporters . He upbraided the people with their stupidity , telling them that for his own part , he had sense enough to see through his design , but they only had strength enough to oppose it . 47. His exhortations , however ...
... friends and supporters . He upbraided the people with their stupidity , telling them that for his own part , he had sense enough to see through his design , but they only had strength enough to oppose it . 47. His exhortations , however ...
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... friends , who formed a fixed resolution of de- stroying the tyrants , or falling in the attempt . Willing , how- ever , to wait the most favourable opportunity , they deferred their purpose to the feast of the Panathanea , in which the ...
... friends , who formed a fixed resolution of de- stroying the tyrants , or falling in the attempt . Willing , how- ever , to wait the most favourable opportunity , they deferred their purpose to the feast of the Panathanea , in which the ...
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... friendship of the Lacedæmonians , who were at the time the most powerful people of Greece . 65. But he was supplanted in those very alliances from which he hoped the greatest assistance . The family of the Alcma- onidæ , who from the ...
... friendship of the Lacedæmonians , who were at the time the most powerful people of Greece . 65. But he was supplanted in those very alliances from which he hoped the greatest assistance . The family of the Alcma- onidæ , who from the ...
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