Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, 3-4. kötet1810 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 84 találatból.
5. oldal
... turning to Me- tellus , and asking his opinion , Metellus rose up and voted with the consul . Upon which Marius called in a lictor , and ordered him to take Metellus into custody . Metel- lus appealed to the other tribunes : but as not ...
... turning to Me- tellus , and asking his opinion , Metellus rose up and voted with the consul . Upon which Marius called in a lictor , and ordered him to take Metellus into custody . Metel- lus appealed to the other tribunes : but as not ...
16. oldal
... turned to his place . When he set out with the army , he trained his soldiers to hardship while upon the road , accustoming them to long and tedious marches , and compelling every man to carry his own baggage and provide his own ...
... turned to his place . When he set out with the army , he trained his soldiers to hardship while upon the road , accustoming them to long and tedious marches , and compelling every man to carry his own baggage and provide his own ...
17. oldal
... turning their course , like a reflux of the tide , first invaded Spain . For this gave him time to strengthen his men by exercise , and to raise and confirm their courage , and ( what was of still greater importance ) to show them what ...
... turning their course , like a reflux of the tide , first invaded Spain . For this gave him time to strengthen his men by exercise , and to raise and confirm their courage , and ( what was of still greater importance ) to show them what ...
18. oldal
... turned a great part of the river into it : thus drawing it to a coast , where the opening into the sea is easy and secure . This cut still retains his name 29 . The barbarians dividing themselves into two bodies , it fell to the lot of ...
... turned a great part of the river into it : thus drawing it to a coast , where the opening into the sea is easy and secure . This cut still retains his name 29 . The barbarians dividing themselves into two bodies , it fell to the lot of ...
19. oldal
... turning the course of rivers ? It is for these noble works , no doubt , that he exercises us in such painful labours ; and , when they are finish- ed , he will return , and show his fellow - citizens the glorious fruits of the ...
... turning the course of rivers ? It is for these noble works , no doubt , that he exercises us in such painful labours ; and , when they are finish- ed , he will return , and show his fellow - citizens the glorious fruits of the ...
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.