Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
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1. oldal
... king of Macedon . Origin of the Roman war with that country . Paulus Æmilius is elected con . sul a second time , and appointed to the management of the Macedonian war . He harangues the people , and sets off . Per- seus ' avarice ; and ...
... king of Macedon . Origin of the Roman war with that country . Paulus Æmilius is elected con . sul a second time , and appointed to the management of the Macedonian war . He harangues the people , and sets off . Per- seus ' avarice ; and ...
6. oldal
... king of Syria , began about A. U. C. 562. , twenty - four years after the battle of Cannæ . The consul Glabrio was employed in it , and after him the two Scipios ; the elder of whom was content to serve as lieutenant un- der his brother ...
... king of Syria , began about A. U. C. 562. , twenty - four years after the battle of Cannæ . The consul Glabrio was employed in it , and after him the two Scipios ; the elder of whom was content to serve as lieutenant un- der his brother ...
9. oldal
... king of Macedon ; and they imputed it either to the incapacity or cowardice of their generals25 , that the advantage was on the enemy's side . For they , who had forced Antiochus the Great to quit 23 Æmilius ' conduct upon this occasion ...
... king of Macedon ; and they imputed it either to the incapacity or cowardice of their generals25 , that the advantage was on the enemy's side . For they , who had forced Antiochus the Great to quit 23 Æmilius ' conduct upon this occasion ...
10. oldal
... king Philip in Thessaly 28 , and delivered the Greeks from the Mace- donian yoke ; in short , who had subdued Annibal , one superior to all kings both in valour and power , thought it an intolerable thing to be obliged to contend for a ...
... king Philip in Thessaly 28 , and delivered the Greeks from the Mace- donian yoke ; in short , who had subdued Annibal , one superior to all kings both in valour and power , thought it an intolerable thing to be obliged to contend for a ...
11. oldal
... king , and 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 ...
... king , and 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 ...
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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.