The Ridpath Library of Universal Literature ...: A Biographical and Bibliographical Summary of the World's Most Eminent Authors, Including the Choicest Extracts and Masterpieces from Their Writings, Comprising the Best Features of Many Celebrated Compilations, Notably the Guernsey Collection, the De Puy Collection, the Ridpath Collection, All Carefully Rev. and Arranged by a Corps of the Most Capable Scholars, 8. köideJohn Clark Ridpath Globe Publishing Company, 1899 |
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Page 15
... brought from the hills to flood the green Numidian marble of the thermæ and lave the limbs of the patricians be- tween the cool mosaic walls of the tepidarium , it con- tentedly becomes a household thing , twinkling like a star at the ...
... brought from the hills to flood the green Numidian marble of the thermæ and lave the limbs of the patricians be- tween the cool mosaic walls of the tepidarium , it con- tentedly becomes a household thing , twinkling like a star at the ...
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... brought suit against them and ob- * The bullion value of the Attic talent was about $ 1,250 ; but the actual purchasing power of coin was much greater than it now is : - from various indicia we estimate it at five or six times greater ...
... brought suit against them and ob- * The bullion value of the Attic talent was about $ 1,250 ; but the actual purchasing power of coin was much greater than it now is : - from various indicia we estimate it at five or six times greater ...
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... brought suit against one Conon , a ringleader of the gang , and employed Demosthenes as his counsel . A portion of the speech delivered by the plaintiff , but composed by Demosthenes , runs thus : SPEECH AGAINST CONON et al . I was ...
... brought suit against one Conon , a ringleader of the gang , and employed Demosthenes as his counsel . A portion of the speech delivered by the plaintiff , but composed by Demosthenes , runs thus : SPEECH AGAINST CONON et al . I was ...
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... brought an indictment to that effect against Ctesiphon . Technically , the propo- sition was an illegal one ; for it was contrary to the laws of Athens to confer such an honor upon any public officer while his accounts were yet un ...
... brought an indictment to that effect against Ctesiphon . Technically , the propo- sition was an illegal one ; for it was contrary to the laws of Athens to confer such an honor upon any public officer while his accounts were yet un ...
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... brought with him treasure to the amount of 5,000 talents . He soon found it advisable to quit Athens , leaving , it is said , 720 talents , which was deposited in the public treasury . When the money came to be counted there were only ...
... brought with him treasure to the amount of 5,000 talents . He soon found it advisable to quit Athens , leaving , it is said , 720 talents , which was deposited in the public treasury . When the money came to be counted there were only ...
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