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... 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 luxury and ' pleasure , to think that they who despised death did it ...
... 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 luxury and ' pleasure , to think that they who despised death did it ...
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... battle , always well armed : and the Grecian lawgivers punish him who throws away his fhield , not him who lofes his sword or fpear ; thus inftructing us , that the first care of every man , efpecially of every governor of a city , or ...
... battle , always well armed : and the Grecian lawgivers punish him who throws away his fhield , not him who lofes his sword or fpear ; thus inftructing us , that the first care of every man , efpecially of every governor of a city , or ...
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... battle at Mantinea , in which Epaminondas was slain . For that battle was fought against the Lacedæmonians , and this for them . The action here spoken of was probably about the third year of the ninety - eighth Olympiad . with a spear ...
... battle at Mantinea , in which Epaminondas was slain . For that battle was fought against the Lacedæmonians , and this for them . The action here spoken of was probably about the third year of the ninety - eighth Olympiad . with a spear ...
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... battles indeed , but in fuch as were of confider- able service and improvement to them ; for their spirits were raised , their bodies inured to labour , and , by being used to these rencounters , they gained both experience and courage ...
... battles indeed , but in fuch as were of confider- able service and improvement to them ; for their spirits were raised , their bodies inured to labour , and , by being used to these rencounters , they gained both experience and courage ...
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... battles nor re- gular engagements , but rather advantages gained of the enemy by well - timed fkirmishes , in which the The- bans sometimes pursued , and sometimes retreated . But the battle of Tegyra , which was a fort of pre- lude to ...
... battles nor re- gular engagements , but rather advantages gained of the enemy by well - timed fkirmishes , in which the The- bans sometimes pursued , and sometimes retreated . But the battle of Tegyra , which was a fort of pre- lude to ...
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