Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
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17. oldal
... Persian wealth , he first set fire to the royal carriages , and then persuaded the rest to do the same to theirs , that they might move forward to the war light and unincumbered : whereas Perseus , though he and his children and his ...
... Persian wealth , he first set fire to the royal carriages , and then persuaded the rest to do the same to theirs , that they might move forward to the war light and unincumbered : whereas Perseus , though he and his children and his ...
32. oldal
... Persians at Mycale , with equal expedition , to Platæ æ ; and that very soon after the victory which the Romans gained over the Tarquins , and the people of Latium who fought under their ban- ners , two young men of uncommon size and ...
... Persians at Mycale , with equal expedition , to Platæ æ ; and that very soon after the victory which the Romans gained over the Tarquins , and the people of Latium who fought under their ban- ners , two young men of uncommon size and ...
73. oldal
... Persian wars , while Echecrates was high priest . Here , they report , Apollo was born ; and at the foot of the neighbouring moun- tain , called Delos , the Melas returns into its channel . Behind the temple rise two copious springs ...
... Persian wars , while Echecrates was high priest . Here , they report , Apollo was born ; and at the foot of the neighbouring moun- tain , called Delos , the Melas returns into its channel . Behind the temple rise two copious springs ...
90. oldal
... Persian court . The custom of sending perfumes and essences , as marks of regard , still prevails in the East ; presents of betel often inclosed in silk bags , are made by the Indians , Chinese , & c . to each other , and to strangers ...
... Persian court . The custom of sending perfumes and essences , as marks of regard , still prevails in the East ; presents of betel often inclosed in silk bags , are made by the Indians , Chinese , & c . to each other , and to strangers ...
91. oldal
... Persians , as Athenæus ii . 9. from Heraclides informs us , were the first that had slaves exclusively employed in making their beds . And M. Ricard , in confirmation of this statement , says he himself saw at Paris a Polish nobleman ...
... Persians , as Athenæus ii . 9. from Heraclides informs us , were the first that had slaves exclusively employed in making their beds . And M. Ricard , in confirmation of this statement , says he himself saw at Paris a Polish nobleman ...
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Achæans action Æmilius affairs afterward Alexander Annibal Antigonus Antiochus appeared Archimedes Aristides arms army Athenians Athens attack barbarians battle body Boeotia brought called camp Carthaginians Cato cavalry Cineas citizens command consul danger death Demetrius despatched Dinocrates embassadors endeavoured enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas Epirus Etolians Fabius favour fell fight Flaminius foot forces fortune fought friends gained Gauls gave glory Grecian Greece Greeks hands honour horse hundred illustrious killed king Lacedæmonians liberty likewise Livy Lucius Lysimachus Macedon Macedonians Marcellus marched Mardonius Neoptolemus observed occasion officers Paulus Pausanias Pelopidas Perseus Persians person Philip Philopomen Platææ Plutarch Polybius Pyrrhus received Ricard Romans Rome sacrifice says Scipio senate sent Sicily slain soldiers soon Spartans sword Syracusans temple Thebans Thebes Themistocles Thessaly thing thousand tion Titus took town tribune triumph troops tyrant victory virtue whole wounded young
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340. 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...
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, unrnix'd, is curst indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
126. oldal - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
124. oldal - Not that fair field Of Enna, where Proserpine gathering flowers, Herself a fairer flower by gloomy Dis Was gathered, which cost Ceres all that pain To seek her through the world...
158. oldal - Aristides, whom he took for some ordinary person, and giving him his shell, desired him to write Aristides upon it. The good man, surprised at the adventure, asked him, " Whether Aristides had ever injured him ?"
46. oldal - For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. 10 As for the dregs thereof : all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
318. oldal - Hitherto I have regarded my blindness as a misfortune, but now, Romans, I wish I had been as deaf as I am blind ; for then I should not have heard of your shameful counsels and decrees, so ruinous to the glory of Rome.