Plutarch's Lives, 3. kötetDavid Huntington. A. Paul, printer, 1816 |
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9. oldal
... command , nor endeavour like the generality to make one commission the foundation for another , by humouring and indulging the soldiery : ( 0 ) but , as a priest instructs the initiated with care in the sacred ceremonies , so he ...
... command , nor endeavour like the generality to make one commission the foundation for another , by humouring and indulging the soldiery : ( 0 ) but , as a priest instructs the initiated with care in the sacred ceremonies , so he ...
16. oldal
... command a person of understanding , fit for the direction of great affairs . Such was Paulus Æmilius , a man advanced in years indeed , ( for he was about threescore ) but still in his full strength , and surrounded with young sons and ...
... command a person of understanding , fit for the direction of great affairs . Such was Paulus Æmilius , a man advanced in years indeed , ( for he was about threescore ) but still in his full strength , and surrounded with young sons and ...
17. oldal
... command ; but in this they had applied to him , because they wanted a command- er : and , therefore , at present , he did not hold himself obliged to them . If they could have the war better directed by another , he would readily quit ...
... command ; but in this they had applied to him , because they wanted a command- er : and , therefore , at present , he did not hold himself obliged to them . If they could have the war better directed by another , he would readily quit ...
22. oldal
... command of Octavius the prætor had been ordered to lie off the coast , for the ostensible purpose of ravaging the mari time parts of Macedon , but in reality to draw Perseus from his camp . ( Liv . xliv . 35. ) This Heracleum , a name ...
... command of Octavius the prætor had been ordered to lie off the coast , for the ostensible purpose of ravaging the mari time parts of Macedon , but in reality to draw Perseus from his camp . ( Liv . xliv . 35. ) This Heracleum , a name ...
33. oldal
... command with Æmilius , came with his fleet to Samothrace , where , out of reverence to the gods , ( z ) he permit- observes , " Facile Deo fuit res , quæ tam longe gerebantur , sub ipsum tempus prophe a ostendere , cum id etiam dæmones ...
... command with Æmilius , came with his fleet to Samothrace , where , out of reverence to the gods , ( z ) he permit- observes , " Facile Deo fuit res , quæ tam longe gerebantur , sub ipsum tempus prophe a ostendere , cum id etiam dæmones ...
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297. oldal - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
297. oldal - On what foundations 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; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain.
42. 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.
114. oldal - But war's a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
112. 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...
192. oldal - Chilo, who was a good grammarian, and taught several other children. .But he tells us, he did not choose that his son should be reprimanded by a slave, or pulled by the ears, if he happened to be slow in learning ; or that he should be indebted to so mean a person for his education. He was, therefore, himself his preceptor in grammar, in law, and in the necessary exercises. For he taught him not only how to throw a dart, to fight hand to hand, and to ride, but to box, to endure heat and cold, and...
297. oldal - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; "Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
114. oldal - To* extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy, the world.
176. oldal - We certainly ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household goods, which, when worn out with use, we throw away; and were it only to learn benevolence to human kind, we should be merciful to other creatures. For my own part, I would not sell even an old ox...
172. oldal - ... of the man, who, though he was the most illustrious character in Rome, had subdued the fiercest nations, and driven Pyrrhus out of Italy, cultivated this little spot of ground with his own hands, and, after three triumphs, retired to his own cottage.