Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, Volume 2S. Walker, 1826 - English letters |
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Page 77
... Athenians ! these our " How shall I dare to attack the affairs must not be thought despe- Athenians , whose garrisons com- rate ; no , though their situation seems mand my territory , while I am des- entirely deplorable . For the most ...
... Athenians ! these our " How shall I dare to attack the affairs must not be thought despe- Athenians , whose garrisons com- rate ; no , though their situation seems mand my territory , while I am des- entirely deplorable . For the most ...
Page 82
... Athenians , that some divinity , who , from a regard to What hath now been read , is for Athens , looks down upon our con- the most part true , Athenians ! too duct with indignation , hath inspired true ! but perhaps not very agreeable ...
... Athenians , that some divinity , who , from a regard to What hath now been read , is for Athens , looks down upon our con- the most part true , Athenians ! too duct with indignation , hath inspired true ! but perhaps not very agreeable ...
Page 84
... Athenians , by making himself master of some places which they laid claim to . At length his success emboldened him to declare those intentions which he had long entertained secretly against the Olynthians . measures to secure the ...
... Athenians , by making himself master of some places which they laid claim to . At length his success emboldened him to declare those intentions which he had long entertained secretly against the Olynthians . measures to secure the ...
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