Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, 3-4. kötet1810 |
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4. oldal
... rest by inviting him to his table . One evening the conversa- 4 A corruption of Cernetum . ' Pliny informs us ( N. H. iii . 5. ) that the inhabitants of Cernetum were called Mariani , ' undoubtedly from Marius their townsman , who had ...
... rest by inviting him to his table . One evening the conversa- 4 A corruption of Cernetum . ' Pliny informs us ( N. H. iii . 5. ) that the inhabitants of Cernetum were called Mariani , ' undoubtedly from Marius their townsman , who had ...
13. oldal
... rest of the world , and the length of way which they had marched . It was con- ' jectured indeed from the largeness of their stature and the blueness of their eyes 22 , as well as because the 21 19 B. C. 102 . 20 In the reign of ...
... rest of the world , and the length of way which they had marched . It was con- ' jectured indeed from the largeness of their stature and the blueness of their eyes 22 , as well as because the 21 19 B. C. 102 . 20 In the reign of ...
15. oldal
... rest rather upon conjecture , than historical certainty . Most historians however agree that their numbers , instead of being less , were rather greater than we have related . As to their courage , their spirit , and the force and ...
... rest rather upon conjecture , than historical certainty . Most historians however agree that their numbers , instead of being less , were rather greater than we have related . As to their courage , their spirit , and the force and ...
25. oldal
... rest of his troops he ordered to sup , and go to rest in good time . Next morning as soon as it was light he drew up before the camp , and commanded the cavalry to march into the plain . The Teutones , seeing this , could not contain ...
... rest of his troops he ordered to sup , and go to rest in good time . Next morning as soon as it was light he drew up before the camp , and commanded the cavalry to march into the plain . The Teutones , seeing this , could not contain ...
27. oldal
... rest he piled together , and offered them as a splendid sacrifice to the gods . The army stood round the pile crowned with laurel ; and he himself arrayed in his purple robe , and girt after the manner of the Ro- mans , took a lighted ...
... rest he piled together , and offered them as a splendid sacrifice to the gods . The army stood round the pile crowned with laurel ; and he himself arrayed in his purple robe , and girt after the manner of the Ro- mans , took a lighted ...
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.