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... first care of every man , efpecially of every governor of a city , or com- mander of an army , fhould be to defend himself , and after that he is to think of annoying the enemy ; for if , according to the comparison made by Iphicrates ...
... first care of every man , efpecially of every governor of a city , or com- mander of an army , fhould be to defend himself , and after that he is to think of annoying the enemy ; for if , according to the comparison made by Iphicrates ...
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... first to last , in all the high pofts which * κατατρατείας αδελφ -literally , plain and open in his conduct in war . But in Boeotia , as well as other Grecian states , a commander in chief of the forces was generally also first minister ...
... first to last , in all the high pofts which * κατατρατείας αδελφ -literally , plain and open in his conduct in war . But in Boeotia , as well as other Grecian states , a commander in chief of the forces was generally also first minister ...
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... first into the city ; and that if thefe happened to be furprised by the enemy , the others should take care to provide for their children and their parents . Pelopidas was the first that offered to be of this party , and then Melon , De ...
... first into the city ; and that if thefe happened to be furprised by the enemy , the others should take care to provide for their children and their parents . Pelopidas was the first that offered to be of this party , and then Melon , De ...
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... first year of the hun- dredth Olympiad . + Perhaps at first he really intended to introduce some wo- men ; or , as it is in the original , yuraia rwv væavogov , married women ; and the dressing up the exiles in female habits was an ...
... first year of the hun- dredth Olympiad . + Perhaps at first he really intended to introduce some wo- men ; or , as it is in the original , yuraia rwv væavogov , married women ; and the dressing up the exiles in female habits was an ...
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... first , but foon recovering himself , he asked , " Who these perfons they spoke of were , and by whom harboured ? " " And finding that Archias had no clear ac- count of the matter , concluded from thence that his in- formation came not ...
... first , but foon recovering himself , he asked , " Who these perfons they spoke of were , and by whom harboured ? " " And finding that Archias had no clear ac- count of the matter , concluded from thence that his in- formation came not ...
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