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203 from Greek and Roman Materials

1. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1890) (eds. G. E. Marindin, William Smith, LLD, William Wayte) alphabetic letter S
   ix. pp. 3 and 4): this occurs twice when Pericles, once when Laches is general, and one of the names is usually of sufficient eminence for us to consider its bearer a possible president of the college. (23.78)

2. James Adam, The Republic of Plato book 4, section 430C
   To this view it seems to me a serious objection that the Laches has nothing to say of the characteristically Platonic distinction between (19.32)

3. A dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology (ed. William Smith) alphabetic letter L
   But the name of Laches' demus Aexone (comp. (14.52)

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2 from Renaissance Materials

1. Richard Hakluyt, The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques, and Discoveries of the English Nation
   Secondly the Polonian whom the Russe calleth Laches, noting the first author or founder of the nation, who was called Laches or Leches, wherunto is added Po, which signifieth People, and so is made Polaches, that is, the People or posterity of Laches : which the Latins after their maner of writing cal Polonos. (19.99)

2. M. W. MacCallum, Shakespeare's Roman Plays and their Background part 1, chapter 1
   But these superficial laches are not the most objectionable things in the play. (7.79)

2 from American Memory: California

1. Narrative of Edward McGowan, including a full account of the author's adventures and perils while persecuted by the San Francisco vigilance committee of 1856 page 200
   He thought that this fact, alone, showed that there had been no laches . (4.76)

2. Crusoe's island. By J. Ross Browne page 383
   Such laches of public duty can not be tolerated even in--Virginia City. (3.57)

1 from American Memory: Upper Midwest

1. Cornflake crusade/by Gerald Carson page 203
   Any relaxation in alertness would expose the trade-mark to the legal dangers of acquiescence or laches, i.e., failure to maintain a right. (4.07)