The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great, المجلد 1Stereotyped by J. Howe, pub. by J. Grigg, printed by W. Pilkington, 1838 - 322 من الصفحات |
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... reasons for so bold an attempt , and an exposition of the principal faults of the original . To that exposition , as well as to this revised edition of the History of Greece , by the same author , I refer the curious in literature ...
... reasons for so bold an attempt , and an exposition of the principal faults of the original . To that exposition , as well as to this revised edition of the History of Greece , by the same author , I refer the curious in literature ...
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... reason , in the earliest accounts of Greece , we are presented with the machinations of gods and demi - gods , the adventures of he- roes and giants , the ravages of monsters and dragons , and all the potency of charms and enchantments ...
... reason , in the earliest accounts of Greece , we are presented with the machinations of gods and demi - gods , the adventures of he- roes and giants , the ravages of monsters and dragons , and all the potency of charms and enchantments ...
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... reasons in the concisest manner ; for a Spartan's lan- guage was as sparing , as his money was ponderous and bulky . All ostentatious learning was banished from this simple commonwealth : their only study was to obey ; their only pride ...
... reasons in the concisest manner ; for a Spartan's lan- guage was as sparing , as his money was ponderous and bulky . All ostentatious learning was banished from this simple commonwealth : their only study was to obey ; their only pride ...
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... reason assigned for allowing this mutual liberty , was , not so much to gratify licentious de- sire , as to improve the breed of citizens , by matching such as were possessed of mutual inclination . In many of the laws of Lycurgus , he ...
... reason assigned for allowing this mutual liberty , was , not so much to gratify licentious de- sire , as to improve the breed of citizens , by matching such as were possessed of mutual inclination . In many of the laws of Lycurgus , he ...
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... reason . They were frequently made drunk , and exposed before the children , in order to deter them from so brutal a species of debauchery . Such , was the general purport of the institutions of Lycur- gus ; which , from their tendency ...
... reason . They were frequently made drunk , and exposed before the children , in order to deter them from so brutal a species of debauchery . Such , was the general purport of the institutions of Lycur- gus ; which , from their tendency ...
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afterwards Alcibiades Alexander Alexander's ambition Aristagoras Aristides arms arrived arts Asia Athenians Athens attack battle began besieged body camp carried cause cavalry chariot Cimon citizens commanded conquest courage Cyrus danger Darius death declared defeat defended Demosthenes dreadful eloquence endeavoured enemy enemy's engagement Epaminondas expedition favour fleet forces fought friends galleys gave give glory Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus head Hellespont honour horse hundred inhabitants killed king Lacedæmon Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Macedon Macedonians manner Mardonius master mean monarch nians Nicias obliged occasion oppose oracle orators Parmenio pass Pausanias Pelopidas Pericles Persian phalanx Philip Phocians Pisistratus possession present prince prisoners resolved rest retire river sail seemed seized sent ships side siege Socrates soldiers Solon soon Spartans success succour Syracusans Thebans Thebes Themistocles thence thousand tion Tissaphernes took troops utmost valour victory walls whole army wing Xenophon Xerxes
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الصفحة 2 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
الصفحة 123 - Nicias to rely entirely upon himself; and the next day, when the people were assembled, and the ambassadors introduced, Alcibiades, with a very obliging air, demanded^ of them with what powers they were come?
الصفحة 226 - The ungrateful Guest : a character infamous in every age, and among all nations ; but particularly among the Greeks, who, from the earliest times, were most scrupulously observant of the laws of hospitality.
الصفحة 185 - I should have recourse amongst you to means which I believe neither honest nor lawful, especially upon this Occasion, wherein I am accused of impiety by Melitus : for, if I should influence you by my prayers, and thereby induce you to, violate your oaths, it would be undeniably evident, that I teach you not to believe in the gods; and even in defending and justifying myself, should furnish my adversaries with arms against me, and prove that I believe no divinity. But I am very far from such...
الصفحة 146 - I cannot but be strongly affected with the cruel wound which their death has made in my heart, nor forbear hating and detesting the Athenians, the authors of this unhappy war, as the murderers of my children. But, however...
الصفحة 188 - Presently after they entered, and found Socrates, whose chains had been taken off, sitting by Xantippe, his wife, who held one of his children in her arms; as soon as she perceived them, setting up great cries, sobbing, and tearing her face and hair, she made the prison resound with her complaints.
الصفحة 226 - ... appearance, of life. A Macedonian, whose lands were contiguous to the sea, came opportunely to be witness of his distress ; and, with the most humane and charitable tenderness, flew to the relief of the unhappy stranger. He bore him to his house, laid him in his...
الصفحة 286 - The besieged, taught and animated by imminent danger, and the extreme necessity to which they were reduced, invented, daily, new arts to defend themselves, and repulse the enemy. They warded off all the darts discharged from the balistas against them, by the assistance of turning wheels, which either broke them to pieces, or carried them another way.
الصفحة 2 - And also to the act, entitled, " An act supplementary to an act, entitled, ' An act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned,' and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
الصفحة 30 - Nothing was so august as this court, and its reputation for judgment and integrity became so very great, that the Romans sometimes referred causes, which were too intricate for their own decision, to the determination of this tribunal.