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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11. oldal
... retired to Corcyra ; and , wanting to marry another king , invited Demetrius to receive her hand , knowing him to be more inclined to marriage than any of the neighbour- ing princes . Accordingly he failed to the island , married ...
... retired to Corcyra ; and , wanting to marry another king , invited Demetrius to receive her hand , knowing him to be more inclined to marriage than any of the neighbour- ing princes . Accordingly he failed to the island , married ...
14. oldal
... retired into Epirus , and left Macedonia , he had a fair occafion given him , by fortune , to enjoy himself in quiet , and to govern his own kingdom in peace . But he was perfuaded , that neither to annoy others , nor to be annoyed by ...
... retired into Epirus , and left Macedonia , he had a fair occafion given him , by fortune , to enjoy himself in quiet , and to govern his own kingdom in peace . But he was perfuaded , that neither to annoy others , nor to be annoyed by ...
29. oldal
... retire a little out of the battle , and animated the enemy ftill more . One of them , therefore , who was diftinguished both by his fize and arms , advanced before the lines , and , with a loud voice , called upon him to come forth , if ...
... retire a little out of the battle , and animated the enemy ftill more . One of them , therefore , who was diftinguished both by his fize and arms , advanced before the lines , and , with a loud voice , called upon him to come forth , if ...
34. oldal
... retired into her own apartment with a rope about her neck , determined to end her days by it , rather than fall into the hands of Cleonymus , if the city were taken . Pyrrhus now preffed forward with his infantry against the Spartans ...
... retired into her own apartment with a rope about her neck , determined to end her days by it , rather than fall into the hands of Cleonymus , if the city were taken . Pyrrhus now preffed forward with his infantry against the Spartans ...
35. oldal
... retired to die in the midst of his own party , that the enemy might not get his body in their power . Night parted the combatants ; and Pyrrhus , as he lay in his tent , had this dream : he thought * he darted lightning upon Lacedemon ...
... retired to die in the midst of his own party , that the enemy might not get his body in their power . Night parted the combatants ; and Pyrrhus , as he lay in his tent , had this dream : he thought * he darted lightning upon Lacedemon ...
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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?