 ... to restore himself to his country, before that country was reduced so low as to be not worth returning to. With this view he had courted .the satrap assiduously and successfully. Neither the interest of the Persian empire, nor the satrap's interest,...  The History of Greece - Page 327by William Mitford - 1823Full view - About this book
 | William Fordyce Mavor - 1804 - 368 pages
...him, inthe character of a stranger and a fugitive, he •was secretly uneasy; and his sole object was to restore himself to his country, before that country was reduced so much, as to be unworthy of receiving him. With this view, therefore, he had assiduously and successfully... | |
 | David Ramsay - 1819 - 470 pages
...notwithstanding the fiu'our which he had found at Sparta, was secretly uneasy, and his sole object was to restore himself to his country, before that country was reduced so much as not to be worth returning to. With this view he had assiduously and successfully courted Tissaphernes.... | |
 | William Mitford - 1822 - 408 pages
...Spartan 'administration; and, tho the other stories possibly may have originated in that age, they hear much more the character of the taste of following...his own, the same with that' of Lacedaemon or the Peloporinesian confederacy. An opening therefore was not wanting, first for insinuations, and then... | |
 | William Mitford - 1829 - 520 pages
...or only suspicious of the Lacedaemonians, from acquaintance with their principles, together with a consciousness of deserving their enmity, withdrew...were, any more than his own, the same with that of Lacedamion or the Peloponnesian confederacy. An opening therefore was not wanting, first for insinuations,... | |
 | William Mitford - 1835 - 454 pages
...residence with Tissaphernes. He was not unprepared for the change. Uneasy, notwithstanding the favour he found and the attention paid him, in the dependent...to be not worth returning to. With this view he had assiduously and successfully courted the satrap. Neither the interest of the Persian empire, nor that... | |
 | C; A. BLOSS. - 1867 - 452 pages
...examining the cloubtful and dangerous position which he occupied, he determined by a masterstroke of policy "to restore himself to his country, before that country...was reduced so low as to be not worth returning to." 270. Yet, urgent as were his reasons for a reconciliation, he still feared the giddy multitude by whom... | |
 | Celestia Angenette Bloss - 1870 - 502 pages
...examining the doubtful and dangerous position which he occupied, he determined by a master stroke of policy "to restore himself to his country, before that country...was reduced so low as to be not worth returning to." 270. Yet, urgent as were his reasons for a reconciliation, he still feared the giddy multitude by whom... | |
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