A Child's History of Greece, Volum 1Harper & Brothers, 1857 |
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Side 228 - 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.) 22.
Side 57 - She died when he was an infant, leaving him to the care of a friend, who was cruel and neglectful of him.
Side 81 - But if ye now escape your enemies, the rest of you may again see the homes that they long to see, and those who are Athenians will be able to raise again the mighty power of Athens, fallen as it is. For it is men that make a city, not walls or ships empty of men. The march When the general had finished his speech, he and the Septem- army set forth from their camp. They forsook the last wru, 413.
Side 260 - we salute you. Our country is dearer, far dearer to us than gold, or the happiest lands you have ; you shall never purchase our liberty save with the heart's blood of the last of the Suliots.
Side 113 - He spent the time cheerfully, conversing with his friends on grave topics, such as the immortality of the soul and the nature of evil, and when the time came he was ready to die.