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Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land is sweet , Thou witness of the death - blow of our brave !
Disarmed , divided , conquerors o'er us stand ; Present the olive , but the sword in hand . And thou , O people , flushed with our defeat , To whom the mourning of our land is sweet , Thou witness of the death - blow of our brave !
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None of you would have laughed if you had been present when I was dragged and stripped and kicked , and carried to the home which I had left strong and well ; and my mother rushed out , and the women cried and wailed as if a man had ...
None of you would have laughed if you had been present when I was dragged and stripped and kicked , and carried to the home which I had left strong and well ; and my mother rushed out , and the women cried and wailed as if a man had ...
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Let me begin , men of Athens , by imploring of all the heavenly powers that the same kindly sentiments which I have throughout my public life cherished toward this county and each of you , may now be shown toward me in the present ...
Let me begin , men of Athens , by imploring of all the heavenly powers that the same kindly sentiments which I have throughout my public life cherished toward this county and each of you , may now be shown toward me in the present ...
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Upon the present occasion , Athenians , as in many things , so especially in two of great moment , ¯schines has the advantage of me . One is , that we have not the same interests at stake ; it is by no means the same thing for me to ...
Upon the present occasion , Athenians , as in many things , so especially in two of great moment , ¯schines has the advantage of me . One is , that we have not the same interests at stake ; it is by no means the same thing for me to ...
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But when it became evident that the Thebans , worn out with the length of the war , after all their insolence , must be under the necessity , in their present reverses , of flying to you for refuge , Philip , to prevent this ...
But when it became evident that the Thebans , worn out with the length of the war , after all their insolence , must be under the necessity , in their present reverses , of flying to you for refuge , Philip , to prevent this ...
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