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tIlc cnamoers ot tUe women, wnerethey were employed in household labours, especiallyin weaving. Se\eral outhouses for the purpose ofgrinding and baking were connected with the house ; others for the common habitations of the male and female slaves ; and also stables for the horses. The a u cattte were commonly in the fields. * *Athens was by no means a fine city like some of our modern ones, in which there are whole streets of palaces occupied as the dwellings of private persons. A stranger might have been at Athens without imagining himself to be in the city which contained the greatest master-pieces of architecture. The splendour of the city was not perceived till the public squares and the Acropolis were approached. The small dwellings of Themistocles and Aristides werelonir TiftinfAil 1 i.l .i . • a. 1 — ^ -rxi iiiues werelong pointed out; and the building of large houses was regarded as a proof of pride. But when luxury increased, houses were built on a larger scale ; sc-veral chambers for the accommodation of strangersand for other purposes were built round the court,which commonly formed the centre; but all thismight take place, and yet the building could lay no claims to beauty. JTHE STORMING OF SKRING AP AT AM, ON THE 4THor may, 17119.It was ten minutes pcjst one o'clock in the afternoon, when General Baird, having completed all his arrangements for his heroic enterprise, stepped out of the trenches, and drawing his ?word, exclaimed to the men, in the most gallant and animating manner, Now, my brave fellows, follow me, aT'd proveyourselves worthy of the name of British soldier'.” The effect was like magic. In an instant both columns rushed forward, and entered the bed of the rner, and being of course immediately perceived by the enemy, were in a few minutes assailed by a tremendous tire of musketry and rockets. The nighti ort t ie assault, Lieutenant Farquhar had crossedaa^ plftced sticks, indicating the beaft ford o auvery Colonels Sherbrook and St. John,o °jU %St-t( ^an^ers of Cach column- General
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London Reviewer
London, Middlesex, GB
Sun, Nov 11, 1832
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Yale U.
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