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Pro Polystrato Orat xx
The Athenian exiles in a body established themselves at Dekeleia, and carried on constant war with the citizens at Athens: see Lysias, De Bonis Niciæ Fratris, Or. xviii, ch. 4, p. 604: Pro Polystrato, Orat. xx, c. 7, p. 688; Andokidês de Mysteriis, c. 17, p. 50.
— from History of Greece, Volume 08 (of 12) by George Grote

proffered peace Of Xerxes
Twixt Thessaly and Locris when Leonidas' thousand men Died scornful of the proffered peace Of Xerxes the accurst?
— from The Eye of Zeitoon by Talbot Mundy

perfect prayer of xviii
Union, perfect, prayer of, xviii. 1 ; the senses wholly absorbed in, xviii.
— from The Life of St. Teresa of Jesus, of the Order of Our Lady of Carmel by Teresa, of Avila, Saint

Paper praises of xi
Paper, praises of, xi. 38 .
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus

Prince poem on x
star visible at, ix, 51 children, custom at, xiii, 389 Dryden, i, 26 St Francis Xavier, xvi, 15 the Prince, poem on, x, 283 the son of James II. said to be spurious, x, 286 believed by the Papists miraculous, ib. 285-302 account of by Smollet, ib.
— from The Works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 18 Dialogue concerning Women; Characters; Life of Lucian; Letters; Appendix; Index by John Dryden

Planets periods of xi
Planets, periods of, xi. 36 .
— from The Letters of Cassiodorus Being a Condensed Translation of the Variae Epistolae of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Senator Cassiodorus


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