Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch, 3. kötetC. Bathurst, 1794 |
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14. oldal
... command ; there being no other prince who had then fo much leisure , or was fo able a general . The oldest and most fenfible of the citizens oppofed this measure , but were overborne by the noife and violence of the multitude ; and when ...
... command ; there being no other prince who had then fo much leisure , or was fo able a general . The oldest and most fenfible of the citizens oppofed this measure , but were overborne by the noife and violence of the multitude ; and when ...
16. oldal
... command of many warlike na- " tions ; if it please heaven that we conquer them , what " ufe , Sir , fhall we make of our victory ? " " Cineas , " replied the king , " your queftion anfwers itfelf . When " the Romans are once fubdued ...
... command of many warlike na- " tions ; if it please heaven that we conquer them , what " ufe , Sir , fhall we make of our victory ? " " Cineas , " replied the king , " your queftion anfwers itfelf . When " the Romans are once fubdued ...
18. oldal
... command , they called that a flavery which was not a life of pleasure . He now received intelligence that Lævinus , the Roman conful , was coming against him with a great army , and ravaging Lucania by the way . And though the confede ...
... command , they called that a flavery which was not a life of pleasure . He now received intelligence that Lævinus , the Roman conful , was coming against him with a great army , and ravaging Lucania by the way . And though the confede ...
19. oldal
... was carried off by his friends who ga- thered round him , and killed the Italian , who fought to the very laft . This brave man had the command of a troop of 66 horle ; horse ; Ferentum was the place of his birth , PYRRH US . 19.
... was carried off by his friends who ga- thered round him , and killed the Italian , who fought to the very laft . This brave man had the command of a troop of 66 horle ; horse ; Ferentum was the place of his birth , PYRRH US . 19.
37. oldal
... command of Evalcus . In the heat of action , a Cretan of Aptera , named Orofus , a man of remarkable ftrength and fwiftnefs , came up with the young prince , as he was fight- ing with great gallantry , and with a blow on the fide laid ...
... command of Evalcus . In the heat of action , a Cretan of Aptera , named Orofus , a man of remarkable ftrength and fwiftnefs , came up with the young prince , as he was fight- ing with great gallantry , and with a blow on the fide laid ...
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41. 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
130. oldal - ... the world. The Tuscan sages said it portended a new race of "men, and a renovation of the world.
42. oldal - Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait; While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. 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?
72. oldal - To do an ill action, is base; to do a good one, which involves you in no danger, is nothing more than common; but it is the property of a good man, to do great and good things, though he risks every thing by it.
22. 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.
16. oldal - is very probable; but is the taking of Sicily to conclude our expeditions?" — "Far from it," answered Pyrrhus, "for if Heaven grant us success in this, that success shall only be the prelude to greater things. Who can forbear Libya and Carthage, then within reach...
42. 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.
162. oldal - As the priests forbade him to approach her, and to have his house defiled with mourning, he sent her a bill of divorce, and ordered her to be carried to another house while the breath was in her body.
16. oldal - Why, then, my friend," said Pyrrhus, laughing, " we will take our ease, and drink and be merry." Cineas, having brought him thus far, replied, " And what hinders us from drinking and taking our ease now, when we have already those things in our hands at which we propose to arrive through seas of blood, through infinite toils and dangers, through innumerable calamities, which we must both cause and suffer?