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Page 45
... Spartans , and confequently wanted to get clear of all connexion with them , he pri vately gave them hopes of affiftance from Athens ; and both by his agents and in perfon , he encouraged the prin- cipal citizens not to entertain any ...
... Spartans , and confequently wanted to get clear of all connexion with them , he pri vately gave them hopes of affiftance from Athens ; and both by his agents and in perfon , he encouraged the prin- cipal citizens not to entertain any ...
Page 47
... , from a perfuafion that if the popu lar government were abolished , and an ariftocracy ( like that of Sparta ) fet up in Argos , they fhould foon be mafters there . " them up ; " " Poffibly it may be ALCIBIADES . 47.
... , from a perfuafion that if the popu lar government were abolished , and an ariftocracy ( like that of Sparta ) fet up in Argos , they fhould foon be mafters there . " them up ; " " Poffibly it may be ALCIBIADES . 47.
Page 57
... Sparta to defire permiffion to live there under the protection of the public faith , promifing to ferve that ftate more effectually , now he was their friend , than he had annoyed them , whilft their enemy . The Spartans granting him a ...
... Sparta to defire permiffion to live there under the protection of the public faith , promifing to ferve that ftate more effectually , now he was their friend , than he had annoyed them , whilft their enemy . The Spartans granting him a ...
Page 58
... Sparta he was all for exercife , frugal in his diet , and fevere in his manners . In Afia he was as much for mirth ... Spartans about quitting the interefts of Athens . * This is spoken of Hermione , in the Oreftes of Euripides , upon ...
... Sparta he was all for exercife , frugal in his diet , and fevere in his manners . In Afia he was as much for mirth ... Spartans about quitting the interefts of Athens . * This is spoken of Hermione , in the Oreftes of Euripides , upon ...
Page 59
... Spartans were indeed , in general , touched with envy ; and had influence enough with the civil magiftrates , to pro ... Sparta with a fparing hand ; that fo ALCIBIADES . 59.
... Spartans were indeed , in general , touched with envy ; and had influence enough with the civil magiftrates , to pro ... Sparta with a fparing hand ; that fo ALCIBIADES . 59.
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