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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4. oldal
... death , when the reft of his body was confumed , that toe was found entire and untouched by the flames . But this account belongs not to the period we are upon . When he was about seventeen years of age , and feemed to be quite ...
... death , when the reft of his body was confumed , that toe was found entire and untouched by the flames . But this account belongs not to the period we are upon . When he was about seventeen years of age , and feemed to be quite ...
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... death of one of the kings ; upon which he refufed to ratify the peace . Alexander's affairs were thus advantageously fettled ; nevertheless Demetrius came . But it foon appeared that he came now unrequested , and that his prefence ...
... death of one of the kings ; upon which he refufed to ratify the peace . Alexander's affairs were thus advantageously fettled ; nevertheless Demetrius came . But it foon appeared that he came now unrequested , and that his prefence ...
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... death of ropus . " His friend , " he faid , " had only paid the tribute to na- " ture , but he blamed and reproached himfelf for putting " off his acknowledgements , till by thefe delays he had " lost the opportunity of making any ...
... death of ropus . " His friend , " he faid , " had only paid the tribute to na- " ture , but he blamed and reproached himfelf for putting " off his acknowledgements , till by thefe delays he had " lost the opportunity of making any ...
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... death . His anxiety for fresh employment was relieved as follows : The Romans were then at war with the Tarentines . The latter were not able to fupport the difpute , and yet the bold and turbulent harangues of their leading men would ...
... death . His anxiety for fresh employment was relieved as follows : The Romans were then at war with the Tarentines . The latter were not able to fupport the difpute , and yet the bold and turbulent harangues of their leading men would ...
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... death fhould bring a difgrace upon us , and we should seem to have put a period to the war by treachery , when we could not do it by valour . " Pyrrhus having read the letter , and detected the treason , punished the phyfician ; and ...
... death fhould bring a difgrace upon us , and we should seem to have put a period to the war by treachery , when we could not do it by valour . " Pyrrhus having read the letter , and detected the treason , punished the phyfician ; and ...
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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?