Pinnock's improved edition of dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece, abridged for the use of schools. Together with a short dictionary, explaining every difficulty, also questions for examination1822 |
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Oliver Goldsmith. being desirous of rendering every service in their power to the cause of Education , the Publishers have had each Work thoroughly revised , and edited on their explanatory and interrogative system . Independent of this ...
Oliver Goldsmith. being desirous of rendering every service in their power to the cause of Education , the Publishers have had each Work thoroughly revised , and edited on their explanatory and interrogative system . Independent of this ...
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... cause havoc and destruction in various parts of the earth . 47. Zephyrus , son of Astre'us and Auro'ra , god of the west wind , was said to produce flowers by the sweetness of his breath . He was represented as a young man of a delicate ...
... cause havoc and destruction in various parts of the earth . 47. Zephyrus , son of Astre'us and Auro'ra , god of the west wind , was said to produce flowers by the sweetness of his breath . He was represented as a young man of a delicate ...
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... cause of their appointment ? 36. Who were the Eumenides or Furies ? 37. How are the Furies represented ? 38. Who were the Parcæ or Fates ? 39. How are the Parcæ represented ? 40. Were there any other deities of the Greeks ? 41. Who was ...
... cause of their appointment ? 36. Who were the Eumenides or Furies ? 37. How are the Furies represented ? 38. Who were the Parcæ or Fates ? 39. How are the Parcæ represented ? 40. Were there any other deities of the Greeks ? 41. Who was ...
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... cause . Indeed , so far was this observance carried , that the Athenians condemned their victorious commanders , who had triumphed over the Lacedæmo ́nians at Arginu'sæ , to death , because they did not gather up the dead bodies which ...
... cause . Indeed , so far was this observance carried , that the Athenians condemned their victorious commanders , who had triumphed over the Lacedæmo ́nians at Arginu'sæ , to death , because they did not gather up the dead bodies which ...
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... cause of all vice . They always sat in the open air , and heard causes and passed sentence in the dark , that the countenance of the plaintiff or defendant might not influence the decision . Those who pleaded before them were forbidden ...
... cause of all vice . They always sat in the open air , and heard causes and passed sentence in the dark , that the countenance of the plaintiff or defendant might not influence the decision . Those who pleaded before them were forbidden ...
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Page 266 - Apollodorus, who had been in tears during almost the whole conversation, began then to raise great cries, and to lament with such excessive grief, as pierced the hearts of all that were present. Socrates alone remained unmoved, and even reproved his friends, though with his usual mildness and good nature.
Page 259 - He does not swear to discharge with impunity whom he pleases; but to do justice where it is due. We ought not therefore to accustom you to perjury, nor you to suffer yourselves to be accustomed to, it; for in so doing...
Page 149 - It is even asserted, that he did not leave money enough behind him to pay the expenses of his funeral ; but that the government was obliged to bear the charge of it, and to maintain his family.
Page 263 - 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.
Page 258 - I should have been amongst the dead long ago, had I been concerned in the measures of the state, without effecting any thing to the advantage of myself or our country. Do not take it ill, I beseech you, if I speak my thoughts without disguise, and with truth and freedom. Every man who would generously oppose a whole people, either...
Page 179 - 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 ? They made answer that they were not come as plenipotentiaries. Upon which he instantly changed his voice and countenance, and...