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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- Spartan military leader who won the final victory over Athens (404) in the Peloponnesian War.
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- noun Spartan general who defeated the Athenians in the final battle of the Peloponnesian War (died in 395 BC)
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235: Keepe word Lysander we must starue our sight,
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( "Lysander," 14); (2) for the ejection of the Histiaeans, an incident of the recovery of Euboea in 445 B.C., see Thuc. i.
Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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"Lysander," said Pausanias, "hast thou heard that the Ionians have offered to me the insult of a mission to the Ephors demanding my recall?"
Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Lysander," -- Sarsfield, -- "accused him, a few days before, in the general's presence," without intimating what the accusation was.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 4 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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The passenger-lists he could not find complete anywhere; the newspapers more especially devoted to these matters contained the passenger-list of the 'Lysander' bound for Sydney, for the first and second cabin, and in the latter the names of Mrs. Ormistown and Miss E. Ormistown were mentioned; but for the American ship, in which he supposed his real mother had sailed, there was no mention of any passengers except those in the first cabin; and in all probability, she being a poor woman, would sail in the steerage.
Mr. Hogarth's Will Catherine Helen Spence 1867
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"Lysander," said Periclides, after a short pause, "we know thy affection to the Regent, thy chosen friend; but we know also thy affection for thy native Sparta; where the two may come into conflict, it is, and it must be, thy country which will claim the preference.
Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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"Lysander," replied Pausanias, coldly, "you have much to learn before you can be wholly Spartan.
Pausanias, the Spartan The Haunted and the Haunters, an Unfinished Historical Romance Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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The history of anarcho-capitalist thought, including Gustave de Molinari and Lysander Spooner
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An immigrant that has "voted with their feet" might be said to have agreed to abide by a government's policies, but the majority are not immigrants and never made any such agreement (I believe this is what Lysander Spooner was getting at in "No Treason: Constitution of No Authority" but I haven't read it).
Another Herring, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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And Avery Clark, who made a strong impression in the blood-and-thunder production of "Hamlet" that brought Orlando Shakespeare to my attention last season, wears his two hats no less well: He's darkly romantic as Mr. Darcy and delightfully ludicrous as Lysander.
They Are Playing It Safe—And Smart Terry Teachout 2011
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