Greek history from Themistocles to Alexander, in a ser. of lives from Plutarch, revised and arranged by A.H. CloughArthur Hugh Clough Longman & Company, 1860 - 481 pages |
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... wall from sea to sea in that narrow neck of land . So that the Athenians were enraged to see themselves betrayed , and at the same time afflicted and dejected at their own destitution . For to fight alone against such a nume- rous army ...
... wall from sea to sea in that narrow neck of land . So that the Athenians were enraged to see themselves betrayed , and at the same time afflicted and dejected at their own destitution . For to fight alone against such a nume- rous army ...
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... walls of wood could signify nothing else but ships ; and that the island of Salamis was termed in it not miserable ... wall of wood alone shall remain uncaptured ; that shall help thee and thy children . Stay not for horsemen and an host ...
... walls of wood could signify nothing else but ships ; and that the island of Salamis was termed in it not miserable ... wall of wood alone shall remain uncaptured ; that shall help thee and thy children . Stay not for horsemen and an host ...
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... walls , base fellow , not thinking it fit to become slaves for the sake of things that have no life nor soul ; and yet our city is the greatest of all Greece , consisting of two hundred galleys , which are here to defend you , if you ...
... walls , base fellow , not thinking it fit to become slaves for the sake of things that have no life nor soul ; and yet our city is the greatest of all Greece , consisting of two hundred galleys , which are here to defend you , if you ...
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... walls of a castle . Aminias the Decelean and Sosicles the Pedian , who sailed in the same vessel , upon the ships meeting stem to stem and transfixing each the other with their brazen prows , so that they were fastened together , when ...
... walls of a castle . Aminias the Decelean and Sosicles the Pedian , who sailed in the same vessel , upon the ships meeting stem to stem and transfixing each the other with their brazen prows , so that they were fastened together , when ...
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... walls , and Polyarchus coming on purpose from Ægina to denounce it , he denied the fact , bidding them send people to Athens to see whether it were so or no ; by which delay he got time for the building of the wall , and also placed ...
... walls , and Polyarchus coming on purpose from Ægina to denounce it , he denied the fact , bidding them send people to Athens to see whether it were so or no ; by which delay he got time for the building of the wall , and also placed ...
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