The historic gallery of portraits and paintings; or, Biographical review: (1807)
London, Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe · leaf 153
age, about 78 years beforeJ. C. His funeral was very magnificent, and hymns weresung to celebrate his exploits : he wrote his own epitapliin these words, ^ No one did greater good to his friends,nor more injury to his enemies. But this does not ex-actly convey the character of Sylla, for if, at… … Fnjrjird i*) Oejrjt . SOLON. Attica had been divided into several factions. Thesupreme power had passed into the hands of the rich.If the nine Archons, who were the directors of the re-public, did not retain their employments long enough toabuse them, they at least held them too short a time…
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