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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: LIFE DEMOSTHENES. SUMMARY. Firtue independent of the place of one's nativity. Plutarch little versed in ike Latin language, which he did not begin to study tin late in life. His object in writing the Lives of Demosthenes and Cicero. Extraction of Demosthenes. Origin of his ambition to speak in public. He pleads against his guardians; and addresses the people, with little tuccess: is dejected, but encouraged by one of his friends. His extraordinary pains to improve himself in oratory. He refuses to speak upon any subject, unprepared; but occasionally does so, and tuceeedi. Different opinions about him. Hi great efforts to get the tetter of his personal defects; his .repartees. He enters upon public business. His treatment of JUidias. HisJidelity to his party. Prin- eipfe, upon which the chief part of his orations are written. Hit Keperiority, in moral worth, to the contemporary orators. His orations. He inveighs against Pliilip, even before the war breaks out. His zeal in favour of Greece. He persuades the Thebans to join the confederacy. Credit accruing to him from that measure: he contemns the ill omens announced; but in the battle throws away his arms, mdjlies. Marks of esteem shown him by the King of Persia. He is selected to make the general oration over the bones of those, who fell at t'hceronea. Death of Philip; and Demosthenes' exultation upon that event: Justified against JEschines' reproaches. Kew league of the Creeks, disconcerted by Alexander's success. That prince demands of the Athenians ten of their orators; Demades obtains their pardon. Demosthenes regains a little credit. The affair Concerning the frown. He aceeptt a bribe, and goes over to ITarpalus' in- tercst; is examined before the court of Areopagus and sentenced tg pay a fine ofjifly talents, a...


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780217250245
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 146
  • Spine Width: 8 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217250246
  • Publisher Date: 08 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 272 gr


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