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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... river that runs by the town , it looked rough and dreadful ; and upon trial they found it abfolutely unfordable . For the current , being fwelled with the late rains , was very high and boisterous , and darkness added to the horror ...
... river that runs by the town , it looked rough and dreadful ; and upon trial they found it abfolutely unfordable . For the current , being fwelled with the late rains , was very high and boisterous , and darkness added to the horror ...
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... river upon it . It happened that the first man who reached the bank was named Achilles . He took Pyrrhus in his arms , and con- veyed him over , while his companions performed the fame fervice for his followers . Pyrrhus and his train ...
... river upon it . It happened that the first man who reached the bank was named Achilles . He took Pyrrhus in his arms , and con- veyed him over , while his companions performed the fame fervice for his followers . Pyrrhus and his train ...
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... river Siris , he rode up to the river to take a view of them . When he faw the order of their troops , the appointment of their watches , and the regularity of their whole encampment , he was ftruck with admiration , and faid to a ...
... river Siris , he rode up to the river to take a view of them . When he faw the order of their troops , the appointment of their watches , and the regularity of their whole encampment , he was ftruck with admiration , and faid to a ...
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... river , to oppose the Romans , if they should endeavour to pass it . The Romans , on their part , haftening to prevent the coming up of thofe forces which he had refolved to wait for , at- tempted the paffage . The infantry took to the ...
... river , to oppose the Romans , if they should endeavour to pass it . The Romans , on their part , haftening to prevent the coming up of thofe forces which he had refolved to wait for , at- tempted the paffage . The infantry took to the ...
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... river , fo that it was extremely inconvenient for the cavalry , and quite prevented the ele- phants from acting with the infantry . For this reason he had a great number of men killed and wounded , and might have been entirely defeated ...
... river , fo that it was extremely inconvenient for the cavalry , and quite prevented the ele- phants from acting with the infantry . For this reason he had a great number of men killed and wounded , and might have been entirely defeated ...
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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?