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" with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud ; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots." But no one responded to his appeal. He refused to fly ; and when his friends asked him on what he relied for protection, " On my old age, "
A Smaller History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest - Page 34
by William Smith - 1881 - 268 pages
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1774 - 416 pages
...reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, faid he, with cafe have crufhed the tyrant in the bud, but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots. As for himfelf, he had at leaft the fatisfaction of having difcharged his duty to his country and the...
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A New History of the Grecian States,: From Their Earliest Period to Their ...

Richard Johnson - Greece - 1786 - 168 pages
...with their cowardice and treachery. " You might with eafe (faid he) have crufhed the tyrant in his bud ; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots. As for myfelf, I have at 1 aft the fatisfaction of having di(charged my duty to my country and the...
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State, to the Death of ..., Volumes 1-2

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1805 - 350 pages
...and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. ' You might,' said he, ' with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud: but nothing now remains, but to pluck him up by the root!,.' As for himself, hi had at least, the satisfaction of Laving discharged his duty to his country...
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The History of Greece: From the Earliest State, to the Death of ..., Volume 2

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1812 - 454 pages
...times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots. As for himself, he had at least the satisfaction of having discharged his duty to his country and the...
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The Grecian History: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1814 - 578 pages
...times, and reproaching the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease, have crushed the tyrant in the bud, but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots, for himself, he had at least the satisfaction of having discharged his duty to his country and the...
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The history of Greece ... to the death of Alexander the great. To ..., Volume 1

Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 422 pages
...times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud ; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots. As for himself, he had at least the satisfaction of having discharged his duty to his country and the...
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The Grecian History from the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the Great

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1824 - 328 pages
...with their cowardice and treachery. " You might," said he, " with ease have crushed the tyrant tin the bud : but nothing now remains, but to pluck him up by the roots." As for himself, he had at least the satisfaction of having discharged his duty to his country and the...
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The History of Greece: From the Earliest State to the Death of Alexander the ...

Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1825 - 572 pages
...with their cowardice and treachery. " You might," said he, " with ease have crushed the tyrant in tho bud ; but nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots." As for himself, he had at least the satisfaction of having discharged bis dnty to his country and the...
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A History of Greece: From the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest. With ...

William Smith - Greece - 1854 - 676 pages
...and upbraided the people with their cowardice and their treachery. "You might," said he, " with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud ; but nothing now...even asked his advice in the administration of the government. Solon did not long survive the overthrow of the constitution. He died a year or two afterwards...
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A History of Greece, from the Earliest Times to the Roman Conquest ...

William Smith - Greece - 1854 - 748 pages
...and upbraided the people with their cowardice and their treachery. " You might," said he, " with ease have crushed the tyrant in the bud ; but nothing now...even asked his advice in the administration of the government. Huln? of llir Temple of tho Olympian Jove at Athens. CHAPTER XI. HISTORY OF ATHENS FROM...
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