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Page v
... leaving before the reader a mass of bare facts which can be retained only by an effort of memory , and which , therefore , can be remembered to no good purpose . Even in the most elaborate histories the narrative of facts is commonly on ...
... leaving before the reader a mass of bare facts which can be retained only by an effort of memory , and which , therefore , can be remembered to no good purpose . Even in the most elaborate histories the narrative of facts is commonly on ...
Page xv
... leaves the Pelo- ponnesos in the hands of the Sultan . Declaration of Independence . • Massacre of Chios ( Scio ) by the Turks . . Capture of the city by the Turks . BATTLE OF NAVARINO . Destruction of the Turkish fleet by the combined ...
... leaves the Pelo- ponnesos in the hands of the Sultan . Declaration of Independence . • Massacre of Chios ( Scio ) by the Turks . . Capture of the city by the Turks . BATTLE OF NAVARINO . Destruction of the Turkish fleet by the combined ...
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... leave it certain that the point of starting was from the house or family upwards , and not from the larger division downwards . We have here in fact the same growth as that of the English families into tithings , hundreds , and shires ...
... leave it certain that the point of starting was from the house or family upwards , and not from the larger division downwards . We have here in fact the same growth as that of the English families into tithings , hundreds , and shires ...
Page 36
... leave him unable to pay even the sixth part . In either case , he reverted neces- sarily to the servile state from which he had never been legally set free . If this be at all a true picture of the condition of Attica in the days of ...
... leave him unable to pay even the sixth part . In either case , he reverted neces- sarily to the servile state from which he had never been legally set free . If this be at all a true picture of the condition of Attica in the days of ...
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... leave Attica within five days . Thus , after the lapse of fifty years from the establish- ment of the first tyranny of Peisistratos , the last despot of his house betook himself to the refuge which he had prepared on the banks of the ...
... leave Attica within five days . Thus , after the lapse of fifty years from the establish- ment of the first tyranny of Peisistratos , the last despot of his house betook himself to the refuge which he had prepared on the banks of the ...
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