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Five have, at intervals, made their appearance. The first was that by Beloe, which,
though flowing and easy in style, was rather a translation from an indifferent
French version than from the original Greek. The second, by Littlebury, was a
poor ...
Five have, at intervals, made their appearance. The first was that by Beloe, which,
though flowing and easy in style, was rather a translation from an indifferent
French version than from the original Greek. The second, by Littlebury, was a
poor ...
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The third was a revision of Littlebury's translation, bearing the appearance of
having been made by one, who, though he understood his author, contented
himself with merely removing Littlebury's grosser faults, without attempting to
correct ...
The third was a revision of Littlebury's translation, bearing the appearance of
having been made by one, who, though he understood his author, contented
himself with merely removing Littlebury's grosser faults, without attempting to
correct ...
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Perceiving what her husband had done, she neither cried out through modesty,
nor appeared to notice it, purposing to take vengeance on Candaules ; for among
the Lydians and almost all the barbarians, it is deemed a great disgrace even for
...
Perceiving what her husband had done, she neither cried out through modesty,
nor appeared to notice it, purposing to take vengeance on Candaules ; for among
the Lydians and almost all the barbarians, it is deemed a great disgrace even for
...
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When the disease continued a considerable time, he sent messengers to Delphi
to consult the oracle, either from the advice of some friend, or because it
appeared right to himself to send and make inquiries of the god concerning his
disorder.
When the disease continued a considerable time, he sent messengers to Delphi
to consult the oracle, either from the advice of some friend, or because it
appeared right to himself to send and make inquiries of the god concerning his
disorder.
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... but that Periander, giving no credit to his relation, put Arion under close
confinement, and watched anxiously for the seamen : that when they appeared,
he summoned them and inquired if they could give any account of Arion ; but
when they ...
... but that Periander, giving no credit to his relation, put Arion under close
confinement, and watched anxiously for the seamen : that when they appeared,
he summoned them and inquired if they could give any account of Arion ; but
when they ...
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| Title | Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr ; with a Geographical and General Index Bohn's classical library |
| Authors | Herodotus, Henry Cary |
| Publisher | Henry G. Bohn, 1848 |
| Original from | Library of Catalonia |
| Digitized | 4 Sep 2008 |
| Length | 613 pages |
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