Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, 3-4. kötet1810 |
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3. oldal
... afterward they seldom used any other beside the family - name , as Julia , Tullia , and the like . Where there were two sisters in a house , the distinguishing appellations were Major and Minor ; if a greater number , Prima , Secunda ...
... afterward they seldom used any other beside the family - name , as Julia , Tullia , and the like . Where there were two sisters in a house , the distinguishing appellations were Major and Minor ; if a greater number , Prima , Secunda ...
6. oldal
... afterward he stood for the prætorship , and was near being again rejected . He was indeed returned last of all , and was even then accused of bribery . What contributed most to the suspicion was , that a servant of Cassius Sabaco had ...
... afterward he stood for the prætorship , and was near being again rejected . He was indeed returned last of all , and was even then accused of bribery . What contributed most to the suspicion was , that a servant of Cassius Sabaco had ...
7. oldal
... afterward raised himself to the head of Roman affairs , was her ne- phew ; and , on account of his relation to Marius , showed himself extremely solicitous for his honour , as we have related in his Life 9 . Marius , along with his ...
... afterward raised himself to the head of Roman affairs , was her ne- phew ; and , on account of his relation to Marius , showed himself extremely solicitous for his honour , as we have related in his Life 9 . Marius , along with his ...
9. oldal
... afterward , the accusation appeared a false one 1 ; and be so strong . The learned reader will choose which emendation he pleases . ( L. ) 14 Langhorne hardly does Dacier justice , in suppressing the authorities upon which he founds his ...
... afterward , the accusation appeared a false one 1 ; and be so strong . The learned reader will choose which emendation he pleases . ( L. ) 14 Langhorne hardly does Dacier justice , in suppressing the authorities upon which he founds his ...
13. oldal
... afterward appeared short of the truth . For three hundred thousand well - armed warriors were upon the march ; and the women and children , whom they brought along with them , were said to be still more numerous . This vast multitude ...
... afterward appeared short of the truth . For three hundred thousand well - armed warriors were upon the march ; and the women and children , whom they brought along with them , were said to be still more numerous . This vast multitude ...
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Achæans action Æmilius affairs afterward Alcibiades Annibal Antigonus appeared Aristides arms army Athenians Athens attacked barbarians battle body Boeotia brought called camp Cato cavalry Cimbri Cimon collegue command consul consulship Crassus danger death defeated Demetrius despatched dreadful embassadors endeavoured enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas expedition favour fell fight Flaminius fleet forces fortune friends gained Gauls gave give Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus hands honour horse hundred killed king Lacedæmonians likewise Livy Lucullus Lysander Macedon Macedonians manner Marcellus marched Mardonius Marius Metellus Mithridates Nicias occasion officers oracle Parthians passed Pausanias Pelopidas Perseus Persians person Philopomen Plutarch Polybius Pompey present prisoners Pyrrhus received Romans Rome sail says Scipio senate sent Sertorius ships Sicily slain soldiers soon Spartans Surena sword Sylla Syracusans temple Thebans Themistocles thing thousand Tigranes tion took town triumph troops tyrant utmost valour victory whole young
Népszerű szakaszok
337. oldal - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait : Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost : He comes : nor want nor cold his course delay.
336. oldal - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
353. oldal - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
23. oldal - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
126. oldal - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
45. oldal - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
119. oldal - And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the informing soul. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed ; his were the only offensive and defensive arms of the city.
337. oldal - On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, 'And all be mine beneath the polar sky.' The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, not want and cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day...
119. oldal - ... of mathematical knowledge, that, though in the invention of these machines he gained the reputation of a man" endowed with divine rather than human knowledge, yet he did not vouchsafe to leave any account of them in writing. For he considered all attention to mechanics, and every art that ministers to common uses, as mean and sordid, and placed his whole delight in those intellectual speculations, which, without any relation to the necessities of life, have an intrinsic excellence arising from...
197. oldal - A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.