Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
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4. oldal
... respects , but he reckoned the honour that flows from bravery , justice , and probity , preferable to both ; and in these virtues he soon surpassed all the young men of his time . The first of the high offices of state , for which he ...
... respects , but he reckoned the honour that flows from bravery , justice , and probity , preferable to both ; and in these virtues he soon surpassed all the young men of his time . The first of the high offices of state , for which he ...
7. oldal
... respect to divorces in general , the account which a certain Roman , who put away his wife , 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 ...
... respect to divorces in general , the account which a certain Roman , who put away his wife , 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 ...
47. oldal
... respect to the enemy , I was most apprehensive of a change of fortune in my passage home ; having such a large and victo- rious army to conduct , together with the spoils and royal prisoners . Nay , when I arrived safe among my ...
... respect to the enemy , I was most apprehensive of a change of fortune in my passage home ; having such a large and victo- rious army to conduct , together with the spoils and royal prisoners . Nay , when I arrived safe among my ...
49. oldal
... respects , but particularly in the power of inquiring into the morals of the citizens . For the censors could expel from the senate any mem- ber , that had acted in a manner unworthy of his station , 104 Upon the amount of these sums ...
... respects , but particularly in the power of inquiring into the morals of the citizens . For the censors could expel from the senate any mem- ber , that had acted in a manner unworthy of his station , 104 Upon the amount of these sums ...
54. oldal
... respect , Emilius appears to have been superior ; for in the grievous and severe misfortune of the loss of his sons he maintained the same steadiness and dignity of carriage , as in the midst of the highest success . But Timoleon , when ...
... respect , Emilius appears to have been superior ; for in the grievous and severe misfortune of the loss of his sons he maintained the same steadiness and dignity of carriage , as in the midst of the highest success . But Timoleon , when ...
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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.