The Historic Gallery of Portraits and Paintings: Or, Biographical Review, 7. köideVernor, Hood, and Sharpe, 1811 |
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... king , Cleombrotus . The conqueror , pursuing his advantages , entered Laconia , at the head of 50,000 men ; threw the Spar- tans into the utmost terror ; restored liberty to the cities of the Peloponesus , and gave to Sparta new and ...
... king , Cleombrotus . The conqueror , pursuing his advantages , entered Laconia , at the head of 50,000 men ; threw the Spar- tans into the utmost terror ; restored liberty to the cities of the Peloponesus , and gave to Sparta new and ...
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... king of Persia , had disembarked at Marathon a considerable army , which had already ravaged the country , and approached towards Athens . Themistocles and Ari- stides were among the ten generals who were ordered to oppose the ...
... king of Persia , had disembarked at Marathon a considerable army , which had already ravaged the country , and approached towards Athens . Themistocles and Ari- stides were among the ten generals who were ordered to oppose the ...
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... , dissatisfied with Pausanias , king of Lacedæmon , that he persuaded them to give to the Athenians the government of Greece . On this occasion he was made choice of to take cognizance of the wealth of all the Greek cities , and.
... , dissatisfied with Pausanias , king of Lacedæmon , that he persuaded them to give to the Athenians the government of Greece . On this occasion he was made choice of to take cognizance of the wealth of all the Greek cities , and.
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... , was to secure his power by professing a desire for peace . With this view he wrote letters to the Emperors of Germany and Russia , and to the King of England ; which , as deserting the regular forms of diplomatic proceeding.
... , was to secure his power by professing a desire for peace . With this view he wrote letters to the Emperors of Germany and Russia , and to the King of England ; which , as deserting the regular forms of diplomatic proceeding.
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... Kings he rendered in some sort tributary to him , and pi- rates who despoiled the cases of natural history des- tined for the king of Spain , sent according to the ad- dress , those which bore the name of Buffon . Buffon appears to have ...
... Kings he rendered in some sort tributary to him , and pi- rates who despoiled the cases of natural history des- tined for the king of Spain , sent according to the ad- dress , those which bore the name of Buffon . Buffon appears to have ...
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