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... Spartans , " It was no wonder if they ventured their lives freely in battle , fince death was a deliverance to them from such a train of labours , and from fuch wretched diet . " It was natural for the Sybarites , who were diffolved in ...
... Spartans , " It was no wonder if they ventured their lives freely in battle , fince death was a deliverance to them from such a train of labours , and from fuch wretched diet . " It was natural for the Sybarites , who were diffolved in ...
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... Sparta , " said he , “ is not bound up in one man : ” For in battle he was indeed but one , when acting under the orders of another , whether at fea or land ; but when he had the command , he virtually comprehended the whole force in ...
... Sparta , " said he , “ is not bound up in one man : ” For in battle he was indeed but one , when acting under the orders of another , whether at fea or land ; but when he had the command , he virtually comprehended the whole force in ...
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... Spartans , in appearance , treated the Thebans as friends and allies * , but , in reality , they were fufpicious of ... Sparta found a very faithful ally in the Thebans : and under the countenance of Sparta , the Thebans recovered the ...
... Spartans , in appearance , treated the Thebans as friends and allies * , but , in reality , they were fufpicious of ... Sparta found a very faithful ally in the Thebans : and under the countenance of Sparta , the Thebans recovered the ...
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... Spartans could be deprived of their dominion both by sea and land . Nevertheless , Leontidas having got intelligence ... Sparta , infifting that they should not harbour or encourage exiles , but drive them out as perfons decla- red by ...
... Spartans could be deprived of their dominion both by sea and land . Nevertheless , Leontidas having got intelligence ... Sparta , infifting that they should not harbour or encourage exiles , but drive them out as perfons decla- red by ...
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... Spartans feized on the Cadmea about the middle of fummer , in the year already mentioned , and it was taken from them in the beginning of winter , in the first year of the hun- dredth Olympiad . + Perhaps at first he really intended to ...
... Spartans feized on the Cadmea about the middle of fummer , in the year already mentioned , and it was taken from them in the beginning of winter , in the first year of the hun- dredth Olympiad . + Perhaps at first he really intended to ...
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Page 267 - But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 267 - The march begins in military ftate, And nations on his eye fufpended wait ; Stern Famine guards the folitary coaft, And Winter barricades the realm of...
Page 238 - is very probable; but is the taking of Sicily to conclude our expeditions?" — "Far from it," answered Pyrrhus, "for if Heaven grant us success in this, that success shall only be the prelude to greater things. Who can forbear Libya and Carthage, then within reach...
Page 128 - A man who can be satisfied with such a supper has no need of gold ; and I think it more glorious to conquer the owners of it than to have it myself.