Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
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1 - 5 találat összesen 69 találatból.
5. oldal
... carried it against twelve competitors , who ( we are told ) were all afterward consuls . And when he was appointed one of the priests called Augurs , whom the Romans employ in the inspection and care of divination by the flight of birds ...
... carried it against twelve competitors , who ( we are told ) were all afterward consuls . And when he was appointed one of the priests called Augurs , whom the Romans employ in the inspection and care of divination by the flight of birds ...
9. oldal
... carried off their shipping , not leaving them a vessel bigger than those with three banks of oars ; and he set at liberty a number of prisoners , as well Romans as strangers , whom they had captured both at sea and land23 . Such were ...
... carried off their shipping , not leaving them a vessel bigger than those with three banks of oars ; and he set at liberty a number of prisoners , as well Romans as strangers , whom they had captured both at sea and land23 . Such were ...
12. oldal
... carrying these designs into execution ; for he died of grief and a broken heart , upon discovering that he had unjustly put Demetrius his more worthy son to deaths * , in consequence of an accusation preferred by his other son Perseus ...
... carrying these designs into execution ; for he died of grief and a broken heart , upon discovering that he had unjustly put Demetrius his more worthy son to deaths * , in consequence of an accusation preferred by his other son Perseus ...
17. oldal
... carried a wealthy captive to Rome , and showed that people , what immense sums he had saved and laid up for them . Nay , he not only deceived and sent away the Gauls , but also imposed upon Gentius king of the Illyrians , whom he had ...
... carried a wealthy captive to Rome , and showed that people , what immense sums he had saved and laid up for them . Nay , he not only deceived and sent away the Gauls , but also imposed upon Gentius king of the Illyrians , whom he had ...
30. oldal
... carried too far by the charms of the chase . This is that Scipio , who subsequently de- stroyed Carthage and Numantia , and was incomparably the first , both in virtue and power , of the Romans of his time . Thus fortune did not choose ...
... carried too far by the charms of the chase . This is that Scipio , who subsequently de- stroyed Carthage and Numantia , and was incomparably the first , both in virtue and power , of the Romans of his time . Thus fortune did not choose ...
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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
Népszerű szakaszok
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.