Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
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7. oldal
... gave of his own case seems to have been a just one . When his friends remonstrated , and asked him , “ Was she not chaste ? Was she not fair ? Was she not fruitful ? " He held out his shoe , and said , " Is it not handsome ? Is it not ...
... gave of his own case seems to have been a just one . When his friends remonstrated , and asked him , “ Was she not chaste ? Was she not fair ? Was she not fruitful ? " He held out his shoe , and said , " Is it not handsome ? Is it not ...
8. oldal
... gave him the name of Scipio . One of his daughters was married to the son of Cato , and the other to Elius Tubero a man of superior integrity , and who of all the Romans knew best how to bear poverty . There were not fewer than sixteen ...
... gave him the name of Scipio . One of his daughters was married to the son of Cato , and the other to Elius Tubero a man of superior integrity , and who of all the Romans knew best how to bear poverty . There were not fewer than sixteen ...
11. oldal
... gave him his widow , the mother of Philip , to wife . At first they made him only regent and general , but afterward finding that he was a moderate and public- spirited man , they declared him king . He it was that had the name of Doson ...
... gave him his widow , the mother of Philip , to wife . At first they made him only regent and general , but afterward finding that he was a moderate and public- spirited man , they declared him king . He it was that had the name of Doson ...
20. oldal
... gave them a detachment not so large indeed as Polybius records , but to the amount that Nasica men- tions in a short letter in which he describes this action to a certain king50 . They had three thousand Italians , who were not Romans ...
... gave them a detachment not so large indeed as Polybius records , but to the amount that Nasica men- tions in a short letter in which he describes this action to a certain king50 . They had three thousand Italians , who were not Romans ...
21. oldal
... gave out that they were to go on board the fleet , which under the command of Octavius the prætor had been or- dered to lie off the coast , for the ostensible purpose of ravaging the maritime parts of Macedon , but in reality to draw ...
... gave out that they were to go on board the fleet , which under the command of Octavius the prætor had been or- dered to lie off the coast , for the ostensible purpose of ravaging the maritime parts of Macedon , but in reality to draw ...
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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.