The History of Greece, from the Earliest State, to the Death of Alexander the Great, Volym 1Richardson & Company, 1821 - 420 sidor |
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The History of Greece, from the Earliest State, to the Death of ..., Volym 1 Oliver Goldsmith Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1820 |
The History of Greece from the Earliest State to the Death of ..., Volym 1 Oliver Goldsmith Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1817 |
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Sida 328 - Cyruffs left, had penetrated into the camp. Upon $his advice, the king rallied his troops, and marched in quest of the enemy ; and Clearchus, being returned from pursuing the Persians, advanced to support the camp. The two armies were...
Sida 356 - You should know, that there are amongst our citizens those who do not regard death as an evil, and who give that name only to injustice and infamy. At my age, and with the reputation, true or false, which I have, would it be consistent for me, after all the lessons I^have given upon the contempt of death, to be afraid of it myself, and to belie in my last action all the principles and sentiments of my past life...
Sida 402 - The other army had neglected to take the same precaution, and had made another fault, not less considerable, in giving as much depth to the squadrons, as if they had been a phalanx. By this means, their horse were incapable of supporting long the charge of the Thebans. After having made several ineffectual attacks with great loss, they were obliged to retire behind their infantry. In the mean time, Epaminondas, with his body of foot, had charged the Lacedemonian phalanx.
Sida 281 - Several of them even owed the good usage they met with to Euripides, the finest scenes of whose tragedies they repeated to the Sicilians, who were extremely fond of them ; so that when they returned to their own country, they went and saluted that poet as their deliverer, and informed him of the admirable effects wrought in their favour by his verses. The news of the defeat being carried to Athens...
Sida 354 - Pass on me what sentence you please, Athenians ; but I can neither repent nor change my conduct : I must not abandon or suspend a function which God himself has imposed on me.
Sida 277 - ... had shown against Syracuse, and the evils they would have made it suffer had they been victorious ; the afflictions and groans of infinite numbers of Syracusans who bewailed the death of their children and near relations, whose manes could be appeased no other way than by the blood of their murderers. On these representations the people returned to their sanguinary resolution, and followed Diodes
Sida 368 - Athenians, not contented with having punished his accusers, caused a statue of brass to be erected to him, of the workmanship of the celebrated Lysippus, and placed it in one of the most conspicuous parts of the city.
Sida 323 - Abrocomas, his enemy, at twelve days march from thence upon the Euphrates. When this answer was repeated to them, though they plainly saw against whom they were going, they resolved to proceed, and only demanded an augmentation...
Sida 127 - Thermopylae, he was strangely surprised to find that they were prepared to dispute his passage. He had always flattered himself, that on the first hearing of his arrival, the Grecians would betake themselves to flight ; nor could he ever be persuaded to believe, what Demaratus had...
Sida 357 - I am very far from such bad thoughts. I am more convinced of the existence of God than my accusers, and so convinced, that I abandon myself to God and you, that you may judge of me as you shall deem best for yourselves and me.