Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, 3. kötetBrannan and Morford, 1811 |
Részletek a könyvből
1 - 5 találat összesen 100 találatból.
6. oldal
... sent , not with six lictors only like other prætors , but with twice the num- ber , which seemed to raise his dignity to an equality with the consular . He beat the barbarians in two pitch- ed battles13 , and killed thirty thousand of ...
... sent , not with six lictors only like other prætors , but with twice the num- ber , which seemed to raise his dignity to an equality with the consular . He beat the barbarians in two pitch- ed battles13 , and killed thirty thousand of ...
13. oldal
... sent by Perseus . He practised also with Eumenes king of Bithynia , and caused representations to be made to Antiochus king of Syria , that the Romans were equally enemies to all kings : but , Eumenes demanding fifteen hundred talents ...
... sent by Perseus . He practised also with Eumenes king of Bithynia , and caused representations to be made to Antiochus king of Syria , that the Romans were equally enemies to all kings : but , Eumenes demanding fifteen hundred talents ...
16. oldal
... sent Antigonus to congratulate Clondicus their king . Clondicus made answer , that the Gauls could not march a step farther without money ; which Perseus , in his avarice and ill policy , refused to advance . 42 A district of Thrace ...
... sent Antigonus to congratulate Clondicus their king . Clondicus made answer , that the Gauls could not march a step farther without money ; which Perseus , in his avarice and ill policy , refused to advance . 42 A district of Thrace ...
17. oldal
... sent away the Gauls , but also imposed upon Gentius king of the Illyrians , whom he had persuaded to join him in the war by a sub- sidy of three hundred talents . He even went so far , as to order the money to be counted before that ...
... sent away the Gauls , but also imposed upon Gentius king of the Illyrians , whom he had persuaded to join him in the war by a sub- sidy of three hundred talents . He even went so far , as to order the money to be counted before that ...
18. oldal
... sent against him at the head of an army 46 . Emilius , advancing against such an adversary as Perseus , despised indeed the man , yet could not but ad- . mire his preparations and his strength . For he had four thousand horse , and ...
... sent against him at the head of an army 46 . Emilius , advancing against such an adversary as Perseus , despised indeed the man , yet could not but ad- . mire his preparations and his strength . For he had four thousand horse , and ...
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Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
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.