The works of Demosthenes, tr., with notes by C.R. Kennedy, 4. köide1861 |
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... so much easier is it to pay court to certain private individuals , than to stand up for your rights , that the defendant has received money from those men , and did not introduce this 2 THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES . APPENDICES:-
... so much easier is it to pay court to certain private individuals , than to stand up for your rights , that the defendant has received money from those men , and did not introduce this 2 THE ORATIONS OF DEMOSTHENES . APPENDICES:-
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... received them in custody , if the state of public business does not prevent it ; otherwise , as soon as possible . And any Athenian that pleases , to whom such right belongs , may prosecute . And if the party accused be convicted , the ...
... received them in custody , if the state of public business does not prevent it ; otherwise , as soon as possible . And any Athenian that pleases , to whom such right belongs , may prosecute . And if the party accused be convicted , the ...
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... received the toll ( čevikov Téλos ) which foreigners had to pay for the use of the market . The ' AσTUvóμo , Overseers of the Streets , were also ten in number , and elected in the same manner as the ' Ayopavóμol . Their business was to ...
... received the toll ( čevikov Téλos ) which foreigners had to pay for the use of the market . The ' AσTUvóμo , Overseers of the Streets , were also ten in number , and elected in the same manner as the ' Ayopavóμol . Their business was to ...
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... received something or other , and , though he was present at the man's acquittal , he kept his mouth shut . The impeachment which he held in terror over Democles- what did he do with it ? There are plenty of other cases : it would be ...
... received something or other , and , though he was present at the man's acquittal , he kept his mouth shut . The impeachment which he held in terror over Democles- what did he do with it ? There are plenty of other cases : it would be ...
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... received payment for his father's funeral , and the arbitrator in the action which this man here brought against him for the sale of his sister , and produce the plaint . And call me first of all the patron of Zobia , who harboured him ...
... received payment for his father's funeral , and the arbitrator in the action which this man here brought against him for the sale of his sister , and produce the plaint . And call me first of all the patron of Zobia , who harboured him ...
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Page 61 - How could communities, Degrees in schools, and brotherhoods in cities, Peaceful commerce from dividable shores, The primogenitive and due of birth, Prerogative of age, crowns, sceptres, laurels, But by degree, stand in authentic place? Take but degree away, untune that string, And, hark, what discord follows ! each thing meets In mere oppugnancy...
Page 350 - ... arrests, restraints, and detainments of all kings, princes, and people, of what nation, condition, or quality soever, barratry of the master and mariners, and of all other perils, losses, and misfortunes that have or shall come to the hurt, detriment, or damage of the said goods and merchandises and ship, &c., or any part thereof.
Page 61 - In mere oppugnancy. The bounded waters Should lift their bosoms higher than the shores, And make a sop of all this solid globe. Strength should be lord of imbecility, And the rude son should strike his father dead. force should be right ; or, rather, right and wrong, (Between whose endless jar justice resides,) Should lose their names, and so should justice too.
Page 398 - Lord thine oaths, but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God's throne; nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by Jerusalem; for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay: for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
Page 350 - Part thereof; and in case of any Loss or Misfortune, it shall be lawful to the Assured, their Factors, Servants, and Assigns, to sue, labour, and travel for, in and about the Defence, Safeguard and Recovery of the said Goods and Merchandises and Ship, &c., or any Part thereof, without Prejudice to this Insurance; to the Charges whereof we, the Assurers, will contribute, each one according to the Rate and Quantity of his sum herein assured.
Page 324 - Now this was the manner in former time in Israel concerning redeeming and concerning changing, for to confirm all things ; a man plucked off his shoe, and gave it to his neighbour : and this was a testimony in Israel.
Page 409 - Thence what the lofty grave tragedians taught In Chorus or Iambic, teachers best Of moral prudence, with delight received In brief sententious precepts, while they treat Of fate, and chance, and change in human life, High actions and high passions best describing : ' Thence to the famous orators repair, Those ancients, whose resistless eloquence Wielded at will that fierce democratic, Shook the arsenal, and fulmined over Greece To Macedon and Artaxerxes...
Page 350 - Corn, fish, salt, fruit, flour, and seed, are warranted free from- average, unless general, or the ship be stranded ; sugar, tobacco, hemp, flax, hides, and skins, are warranted free from average, under five pounds per cent.
Page 398 - Moreover I call God for a record upon my soul, that to spare you I came not as yet unto Corinth.
Page 409 - Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites To studious musing; there Ilissus rolls His whispering stream : within the walls then view The schools of ancient sages ; his who bred Great Alexander to subdue the world, Lyceum there, and painted Stoa next...