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When I had won my suit against Aphobus in the
matter of the guardianship and he still refused to make any just settlement,
Onetor did not even try to settle our dispute, but, alleging that his sister had
been divorced, and that he was unable to get back her marriage-portion, which he
had paid （although he had not paid it, and it was even then in his
possession）, declared that he had taken a mortgage on the land, and had
the effrontery to expel me from it; such was his contempt for me, and for you,
and for the laws which were in force.
Demosthenes. Demosthenes with an English translation by A. T. Murray, Ph.D., LL.D. Cambridge, MA, Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. 1939.
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