Pinnock's Improved Edition of Dr. Goldsmith's History of Greece Abridged for the Use of SchoolsWhittaker, 1841 - 459 pages |
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... possessed good laws , which might well compensate for the deficiency . For a long time the Achæans continued to enjoy ... possession . Like Venice in a subsequent age , the city of 1Corinth flourished most when its dominions were limited ...
... possessed good laws , which might well compensate for the deficiency . For a long time the Achæans continued to enjoy ... possession . Like Venice in a subsequent age , the city of 1Corinth flourished most when its dominions were limited ...
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... possessed of hereditary claims to respect , rich in olive- grounds and fig - gardens , who looked with a jealous eye on ... possession of power to men of noble birth ; or , what must in early times have been the same thing , persons in ...
... possessed of hereditary claims to respect , rich in olive- grounds and fig - gardens , who looked with a jealous eye on ... possession of power to men of noble birth ; or , what must in early times have been the same thing , persons in ...
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... . In- stead of the single attribute of brute force , the divinities of Greece were supposed to possess all the passions and affec- 1 See History . tions of human nature , joined indeed with the possession c 4 GRECIAN IDOLATRY . 31.
... . In- stead of the single attribute of brute force , the divinities of Greece were supposed to possess all the passions and affec- 1 See History . tions of human nature , joined indeed with the possession c 4 GRECIAN IDOLATRY . 31.
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Oliver Goldsmith William Pinnock. tions of human nature , joined indeed with the possession of supreme power , but power subjected to the control of wis- dom and justice . Though many absurdities flowed from thus attributing human ...
Oliver Goldsmith William Pinnock. tions of human nature , joined indeed with the possession of supreme power , but power subjected to the control of wis- dom and justice . Though many absurdities flowed from thus attributing human ...
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... possessions were held to be at any time available for the public in- terest . Thus even in the most republican states there was little real enjoyment of individual liberty , and freedom among the Greeks meant really a participation in ...
... possessions were held to be at any time available for the public in- terest . Thus even in the most republican states there was little real enjoyment of individual liberty , and freedom among the Greeks meant really a participation in ...
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Achæans Ætolians Agesila'us Alcibiades Alexander allies ancient Aristei'des Aristom'enes arms army Asia Asiatic assembly assistance Athenians Athens attack Attica battle became Boeotia Boo'tia Cassander cause cavalry celebrated character citizens command commenced conduct confederates conquest consequence Corinth countrymen courage Darius death declared defeated defence Demosthenes dreaded empire enemy engagement Epaminon'das expedition fate favour fled fleet forces former galleys garrison Grecian Greece Greeks honour hundred inhabitants invaders invasion island king Lacedæmonians land laws liberty Lycurgus Lysan'der Macedon Macedonian Mardonius Messe'nians monarch nation nians Nic'ias oracle orator peace Pelop'idas Peloponnesian Peloponnesian War Peloponnesus Persian Philip Pho'cians Phocians possession prince prisoners received remarkable resolved restored retreat revolt Romans sacred satraps seized sent ships siege slain soldiers soon Spartans subdued success Syracu'sans temple Thebans Thebes Themistocles Thessaly thirty tyrants thousand Thrace tion took treated tribes trierarch troops tyrants valour victory Xerxes
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Page 403 - May we know what this new doctrine, whereof thou speakest, is? 20 For thou bringest certain strange things to our ears: we would know therefore what these things mean. 21 (For all the Athenians, and strangers which were there, spent their time in nothing else, but either to tell or to hear some new thing...
Page 293 - From his cradle He was a scholar, and a ripe and good one ; Exceeding wise, fair spoken, and persuading : Lofty and sour to them that loved him not ; But, to those men that sought him, sweet as summer...
Page 15 - Ancient of days ! august Athena ! where, Where are thy men of might ? thy grand in soul ? Gone — glimmering through the dream of things that were: First in the race that led to Glory's goal, They won, and pass'd away — is this the whole?
Page 156 - When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 1 - And yet how lovely in thine age of woe, Land of lost gods and godlike men, art thou!
Page 355 - But quiet to quick bosoms is a hell, And there hath been thy bane; there is a fire And motion of the soul which will not dwell In its own narrow being, but aspire Beyond the fitting medium of desire; And, but once kindled, quenchless evermore, Preys upon high adventure, nor can tire Of aught but rest; a fever at the core, 80 Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore.
Page 340 - crowning city, whose merchants were princes, and whose traffickers were the honourable of the earth...
Page 144 - Persians' grave, I could not deem myself a slave. A king sate on the rocky brow Which looks o'er sea-born Salamis; And ships, by thousands, lay below, And men in nations;— all were his! He counted them at break of day — And when the sun set, where were they?
Page 175 - Tis strange — even those who do despair above, Yet shape themselves some fantasy on earth, To which frail twig they cling like drowning men. MAN. Ay — father! I have had those earthly visions And noble aspirations in my youth, To make my own the mind of other men. The enlightener of nations...
Page 456 - The isles of Greece, the isles of Greece ! Where burning Sappho loved and sung, Where grew the arts of war and peace, Where Delos rose, and Phoebus sprung ! Eternal summer gilds them yet, But all, except their sun, is set.