The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, Volume 8John Clark Ridpath Globe publishing Company, 1898 - Literature |
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... the states of Greece , which were rent and torn by intestine quarrels . Demosthenes , who grew more and more into political consequence , took every occa- sion to warn his countrymen against the designs of Philip DEMOSTHENES.
... the states of Greece , which were rent and torn by intestine quarrels . Demosthenes , who grew more and more into political consequence , took every occa- sion to warn his countrymen against the designs of Philip DEMOSTHENES.
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... took refuge in Rhodes , where he taught oratory with great success for more than fifteen years . For six years after his triumph over Ęschines Demosthenes took no part in public affairs - in- deed DEMOSTHENES.
... took refuge in Rhodes , where he taught oratory with great success for more than fifteen years . For six years after his triumph over Ęschines Demosthenes took no part in public affairs - in- deed DEMOSTHENES.
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... took no part in public affairs - in- deed , strictly speaking , there were no public affairs to be conducted in Athens . In 324 B.C. Alexander of Macedon came back to Babylonia after his great expedition to India . He had left . one ...
... took no part in public affairs - in- deed , strictly speaking , there were no public affairs to be conducted in Athens . In 324 B.C. Alexander of Macedon came back to Babylonia after his great expedition to India . He had left . one ...
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... took possession of Athens , and demanded the rendition of Demosthenes , who had taken refuge in the temple of Poseidon , on the little island of Calauria . Feeling assured that the inviolability of this sanct- uary would not be ...
... took possession of Athens , and demanded the rendition of Demosthenes , who had taken refuge in the temple of Poseidon , on the little island of Calauria . Feeling assured that the inviolability of this sanct- uary would not be ...
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... took advantage of it , and grew in strength at their ex- pense . But when it became evident that the Thebans , worn out with the length of the war , after all their in- solence , must be under the necessity , in their present reverses ...
... took advantage of it , and grew in strength at their ex- pense . But when it became evident that the Thebans , worn out with the length of the war , after all their in- solence , must be under the necessity , in their present reverses ...
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