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... Hannibal , or to fee the profperity of his country reestablished ; for about the time that Han- pibal left Italy , he fell fick and died . We are affured , that Epaminondas died fo poor , that the Thebans buried 80 PLUTARCH's LIVES .
... Hannibal , or to fee the profperity of his country reestablished ; for about the time that Han- pibal left Italy , he fell fick and died . We are affured , that Epaminondas died fo poor , that the Thebans buried 80 PLUTARCH's LIVES .
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Plutarch. that Epaminondas died fo poor , that the Thebans buried him at the public charge ; for at his death nothing was . found in his houfe but an iron fpit . * The expenfe of Fabius's funeral was not indeed defrayed out of the Ro ...
Plutarch. that Epaminondas died fo poor , that the Thebans buried him at the public charge ; for at his death nothing was . found in his houfe but an iron fpit . * The expenfe of Fabius's funeral was not indeed defrayed out of the Ro ...
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... Epaminondas ( they tell us ) had the fame fenti- ments , and declared it the chief happinefs of his life , that his father and mother lived to fee the generalfhip he exerted and the victory he won at Leuctra . He had the fatisfaction ...
... Epaminondas ( they tell us ) had the fame fenti- ments , and declared it the chief happinefs of his life , that his father and mother lived to fee the generalfhip he exerted and the victory he won at Leuctra . He had the fatisfaction ...
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... to in- gratiate themselves with the multitude , and yet are excef- fively chagrined when those are denied them . It is true ,. neither Metellus , nor Ariftides , nor Epaminondas , were ALCIBIADES AND CORIOLANUS COMPARED . 117.
... to in- gratiate themselves with the multitude , and yet are excef- fively chagrined when those are denied them . It is true ,. neither Metellus , nor Ariftides , nor Epaminondas , were ALCIBIADES AND CORIOLANUS COMPARED . 117.
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Plutarch. neither Metellus , nor Ariftides , nor Epaminondas , were pliant to the people's humor , or could fubmit to flatter them ; but then they had a thorough contempt of every thing that the people could either give or take away ...
Plutarch. neither Metellus , nor Ariftides , nor Epaminondas , were pliant to the people's humor , or could fubmit to flatter them ; but then they had a thorough contempt of every thing that the people could either give or take away ...
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