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... command , he virtually comprehended the whole force in himself ; so that he was no longer a fingle perfon , when fuch numbers must perifh with him . Much better was the faying of old Antigonus , when he was going to engage in a fea ...
... command , he virtually comprehended the whole force in himself ; so that he was no longer a fingle perfon , when fuch numbers must perifh with him . Much better was the faying of old Antigonus , when he was going to engage in a fea ...
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... command , and not those whose study it was to get the better of each other rather than of the enemy . The true cause of the difference was , the virtue of these Thebans , which led them not to seek , in any of their measures , their own ...
... command , and not those whose study it was to get the better of each other rather than of the enemy . The true cause of the difference was , the virtue of these Thebans , which led them not to seek , in any of their measures , their own ...
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... command of the army from Phœbidas , and fined him in a hundred thousand drachmas , yet they kept a garrifon in the Cadmea notwithstanding . All the reft of Greece were surprised at this absurdity of theirs , in punishing the actor , and ...
... command of the army from Phœbidas , and fined him in a hundred thousand drachmas , yet they kept a garrifon in the Cadmea notwithstanding . All the reft of Greece were surprised at this absurdity of theirs , in punishing the actor , and ...
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... command his immediate attendance . By this time it was grown dark , and Pelopidas and his companions were preparing for action , having already put on their breaftplates and girt their fwords , when fuddenly there was a knocking at the ...
... command his immediate attendance . By this time it was grown dark , and Pelopidas and his companions were preparing for action , having already put on their breaftplates and girt their fwords , when fuddenly there was a knocking at the ...
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... command in Boeotia , fought means to embroil the Athenians again with the Spartans ; and they availed themselves of this ftratagem . There was a Spartan named Sphodrias , a man of great reputation as a foldier , but of no found judgment ...
... command in Boeotia , fought means to embroil the Athenians again with the Spartans ; and they availed themselves of this ftratagem . There was a Spartan named Sphodrias , a man of great reputation as a foldier , but of no found judgment ...
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