Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
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6. oldal
... officers were employed , another broke out in the west . There was a general revolt in Spain 17 ; and thither Æmilius was sent , not with six lictors only like other prætors , but with twice the num- ber , which seemed to raise his ...
... officers were employed , another broke out in the west . There was a general revolt in Spain 17 ; and thither Æmilius was sent , not with six lictors only like other prætors , but with twice the num- ber , which seemed to raise his ...
16. oldal
... officer ; but the thoughts of parting with such a sum almost turned his brain ; and in the narrowness of his heart he refused it , and broke off the alliance : as if he had not been the enemy of the , Romans , but their steward , who ...
... officer ; but the thoughts of parting with such a sum almost turned his brain ; and in the narrowness of his heart he refused it , and broke off the alliance : as if he had not been the enemy of the , Romans , but their steward , who ...
21. oldal
... officers his real design , and directed them to follow a different rout . Pursuing this without loss of time , he arrived at Pythium , where he ordered his men to take some rest . At this place Olympus is ten fur- longs and ninety - six ...
... officers his real design , and directed them to follow a different rout . Pursuing this without loss of time , he arrived at Pythium , where he ordered his men to take some rest . At this place Olympus is ten fur- longs and ninety - six ...
22. oldal
... officer his post , as intending to meet the Romans when they came off their march . The field where he incamped was fit for the phalanx , which required plain and ... officers eager for engagement , and particular- ly 22 PAULUS EMILIUS .
... officer his post , as intending to meet the Romans when they came off their march . The field where he incamped was fit for the phalanx , which required plain and ... officers eager for engagement , and particular- ly 22 PAULUS EMILIUS .
23. oldal
... officers eager for engagement , and particular- ly Nasica flushed with his success at mount Olympus , pressed up to him , and entreated him to lead them for- ward without delay . Æmilius only smiled , and said ; " My friend , if I were ...
... officers eager for engagement , and particular- ly Nasica flushed with his success at mount Olympus , pressed up to him , and entreated him to lead them for- ward without delay . Æmilius only smiled , and said ; " My friend , if I were ...
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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.