 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1805 - 350 pages
...or shrinking, deplored the foily of the times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. ' You might,' said he, ' with ease have...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1812 - 454 pages
...or shrinking, deplored the folly of the times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease have crushed...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1814 - 578 pages
...shrinking, deplored the folly of the times, and reproaching the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease, have crushed...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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - 1823 - 422 pages
...or shrinking, deplored the folly of the times, and reproached the Athenians with their cowardice and treachery. You might, said he, with ease have crushed...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1825 - 572 pages
...or shrinking, deplored the folly of the times, and reproached the Athenians 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... | |
 | Oliver Goldsmith - Greece - 1828 - 328 pages
...or shrinking, deplored the folly of the 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 how remains, but to pluck him up by the roots." As for himself, he had at least the satisfaction of... | |
 | William Smith - Greece - 1855 - 722 pages
...Solon alone had the courage to oppose the usurpation, and upbraided the people with their cowardice and their treachery. " You might," said he, "with...nothing now remains but to pluck him up by the roots." No one, however, responded to his appeal. He refused to fly ; and when his friends asked him on what... | |
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Solon was the only man, who, without fear or shrinking, deplored the folly of the 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... 
