History of the Peloponnesian War Translated from the Greek of Thucydides by William SmithJones, 1831 - 344 pages |
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Page xliii
... monians , whereas now they were prejudged and precondemned to gratify their unrelent- ing foes the Thebans . The insidious question left them no plea at all . They could not answer it , and must not be silent . Since life is at stake ...
... monians , whereas now they were prejudged and precondemned to gratify their unrelent- ing foes the Thebans . The insidious question left them no plea at all . They could not answer it , and must not be silent . Since life is at stake ...
Page xlv
... monians should ever be sunk so low , as to sue for peace ? Yet what was the lot of Sparta might possibly become , sometime or other , the lot of Athens . The latter should be moderate now , should accept of offered friendship , should ...
... monians should ever be sunk so low , as to sue for peace ? Yet what was the lot of Sparta might possibly become , sometime or other , the lot of Athens . The latter should be moderate now , should accept of offered friendship , should ...
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... monians ; amongst whom in other points also there was the greatest equality of dress and diet observed , both in the highest and meanest ranks . They also were the first who performed their exercises naked , stripping themselves in ...
... monians ; amongst whom in other points also there was the greatest equality of dress and diet observed , both in the highest and meanest ranks . They also were the first who performed their exercises naked , stripping themselves in ...
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... monians ? do you imagine that those people will not continue longest in the enjoyment of peace , who timely prepare to vindicate them- selves , and manifest a settled resolution to do themselves right whenever they are wronged ? You ...
... monians ? do you imagine that those people will not continue longest in the enjoyment of peace , who timely prepare to vindicate them- selves , and manifest a settled resolution to do themselves right whenever they are wronged ? You ...
Page 32
... monians , and exhorted them to make a diver- mission . But these points the confederates had highly facilitated by their own proceedings . For , through a reluctancy of mingling in frequent ex- peditions , a majority of them , to redeem ...
... monians , and exhorted them to make a diver- mission . But these points the confederates had highly facilitated by their own proceedings . For , through a reluctancy of mingling in frequent ex- peditions , a majority of them , to redeem ...
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