Essays, First SeriesH. Altemus, 1939 - 332 pages |
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... of the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . Thus at first we have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Plutarch have given it a very sufficient account of what man- ner 16 ESSAY I.
... of the sources of our information in respect to the Greek genius . Thus at first we have the civil history of that people , as Herodotus , Thucydides , Xenophon , Plutarch have given it a very sufficient account of what man- ner 16 ESSAY I.
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... Xenophon gives of himself and his com- patriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the river Teleboas in Armenia , there fell much snow , and the troops lay miserably on the ground , covered with it . But ...
... Xenophon gives of himself and his com- patriots in the Retreat of the Ten Thousand . " After the army had crossed the river Teleboas in Armenia , there fell much snow , and the troops lay miserably on the ground , covered with it . But ...
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... Xenophon , Colum- bus , Bayard , Sidney , Hampden , teach us how needlessly mean our life is , that we , by the depth of our living , should deck it with more than regal or national splendor , and act on principles that should interest ...
... Xenophon , Colum- bus , Bayard , Sidney , Hampden , teach us how needlessly mean our life is , that we , by the depth of our living , should deck it with more than regal or national splendor , and act on principles that should interest ...
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