Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, 3-4. kötet1810 |
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12. oldal
... hands , he proceeded in public to intercede with Marius in his behalf ; alleging , in his letters , that he would never give him up , but defend him to the last . At the same time in private intending to betray him , he sent for Lucius ...
... hands , he proceeded in public to intercede with Marius in his behalf ; alleging , in his letters , that he would never give him up , but defend him to the last . At the same time in private intending to betray him , he sent for Lucius ...
24. oldal
... hands , and obstinately suffered themselves to be hacked and hewed to pieces . Thus the battle is said to have been fought on the banks of the river , rather by acci- dent than from any design of the general . The Romans , after having ...
... hands , and obstinately suffered themselves to be hacked and hewed to pieces . Thus the battle is said to have been fought on the banks of the river , rather by acci- dent than from any design of the general . The Romans , after having ...
27. oldal
... hands toward heaven , and was going to set fire to the pile , when some friends were seen galloping up to him . Great silence and expectation followed . When they were come near , they leaped from their horses and saluted Marius the ...
... hands toward heaven , and was going to set fire to the pile , when some friends were seen galloping up to him . Great silence and expectation followed . When they were come near , they leaped from their horses and saluted Marius the ...
31. oldal
... hand to hand , they used broad and heavy swords . In this engagement , they did not fall directly upon the front of the Romans ... hands , lifted them toward heaven , and vowed a he- catomb to the gods ; and Catulus , in the same posture ...
... hand to hand , they used broad and heavy swords . In this engagement , they did not fall directly upon the front of the Romans ... hands , lifted them toward heaven , and vowed a he- catomb to the gods ; and Catulus , in the same posture ...
32. oldal
... hands , and threw them under the wheels and the horses ' feet . Last of all , they killed themselves . They tell us of one , that was seen slung from the top of the waggon , with a child hanging at each heel . The men for want of trees ...
... hands , and threw them under the wheels and the horses ' feet . Last of all , they killed themselves . They tell us of one , that was seen slung from the top of the waggon , with a child hanging at each heel . The men for want of trees ...
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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.