The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests: From the Earliest Accounts Till the Division of the Macedonian Empire in the East : Including the History of Literature, Philosophy, and the Fine Arts, Volume 2M'Dermut & Arden, 1814 |
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The history of ancient Greece, its colonies and conquests, Volume 2 John Gillies Volledige weergave - 1790 |
The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies, and Conquests: From ..., Volume 2 John Gillies Volledige weergave - 1790 |
The History of Ancient Greece, Its Colonies and Conquests: From ..., Volume 2 John Gillies Volledige weergave - 1814 |
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Pagina 127 - Phidias, ferved as handmaids to religion and virtue, degenerated under inferior artifts into mean hirelings of vice and...
Pagina 389 - ... design of leaving Sicily, until the republick should recal them by positive authority, and they should be •warranted to proceed in this important measure. Those, he said, who were now so earnest for an ignominious flight, and exclaimed so bitterly against the calamities under which they laboured, would, after their return, be the foremost to accuse the weakness or the treachery of their commanders. For his part, he would rather choose to die gloriously by the hand of the enemy, than perish...
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Pagina 322 - ... called to an account with a degree of hostile warmth not usual with the Lacedaemonians. They had determined to destroy his house) and to condemn him in a fine of several thousand pounds. But considering his former diligence and service, and the general deportment of his conduct, he was again received into favour. His known talents for war recommended him to the command of the army, and he promised his countrymen, that his future services should speedily wipe off the late aspersion from his character....
Pagina 174 - ... nothing farther concerning that celebrated people, but what appeared from the Apollo Belvidere, the groupes of the Laocoon and Niobé, and other ftatues, gems, or medals, now fcattered...