The Works of Dr. Jonathan Swift, Volume 2A. Donaldson, 1766 |
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Page 19
... forced after fome time to leave the Athenians to their own measures upon account of their feditious temper , which ever continued with them , till the final diffolution of their government by the Romans . It feems , the coun- try about ...
... forced after fome time to leave the Athenians to their own measures upon account of their feditious temper , which ever continued with them , till the final diffolution of their government by the Romans . It feems , the coun- try about ...
Page 23
... forced to engage his coun- try in the Peloponnefian war , the longest that ever was known in Greece , and which ended in the utter ruin of Athens . The fame people , having refolved to fubdue Sicily , fent a mighty fleet under the ...
... forced to engage his coun- try in the Peloponnefian war , the longest that ever was known in Greece , and which ended in the utter ruin of Athens . The fame people , having refolved to fubdue Sicily , fent a mighty fleet under the ...
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... forced to yield to the tribunes and people , thought it their wifeft course to give way alfo to time ; therefore a decree was made to fend ambaffadors to Athens , and to the o- ther Grecian commonwealths planted in that part of Italy ...
... forced to yield to the tribunes and people , thought it their wifeft course to give way alfo to time ; therefore a decree was made to fend ambaffadors to Athens , and to the o- ther Grecian commonwealths planted in that part of Italy ...
Page 37
... forced Pompey , against his inclinations , upon the neceflity of changing fides , for fear of being forfaken by both ; and of clofing in with the fenate and chief magi-- Atrates , by whom he was chofen general against Cæfar .. Thus at ...
... forced Pompey , against his inclinations , upon the neceflity of changing fides , for fear of being forfaken by both ; and of clofing in with the fenate and chief magi-- Atrates , by whom he was chofen general against Cæfar .. Thus at ...
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... forced to fly , and give way to the madnefs of the people , who by their own difpofitions , ftirred up with the harangues of their orators , were now wholly bent upon fingle and defpotic flavery . Elfe , how could fuch a profligate as ...
... forced to fly , and give way to the madnefs of the people , who by their own difpofitions , ftirred up with the harangues of their orators , were now wholly bent upon fingle and defpotic flavery . Elfe , how could fuch a profligate as ...
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