Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, Bind 3Brannan and Morford, 1811 |
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Side 6
... glory . With him indeed the beating of an enemy was a matter of much less account , than the bringing of his country- men to strict discipline ; the first seeming to be the ne- cessary consequence of the latter . During the war , in ...
... glory . With him indeed the beating of an enemy was a matter of much less account , than the bringing of his country- men to strict discipline ; the first seeming to be the ne- cessary consequence of the latter . During the war , in ...
Side 36
... glory , and extended his empire over great part of the world ; when you see princes , that were lately at the head of immense armies , receive their provisions for the day from the hands of their enemies ; shall you dare to flatter ...
... glory , and extended his empire over great part of the world ; when you see princes , that were lately at the head of immense armies , receive their provisions for the day from the hands of their enemies ; shall you dare to flatter ...
Side 41
... glory of Alexander and Phi- lip led captive by the Roman arms . For is it not most extraordinary that you , who upon a slight rumor of the victory brought hither some time ago offered sacrifices , and made your requests to the gods ...
... glory of Alexander and Phi- lip led captive by the Roman arms . For is it not most extraordinary that you , who upon a slight rumor of the victory brought hither some time ago offered sacrifices , and made your requests to the gods ...
Side 42
... glory in these marks be- fore my fellow citizens : for I got them by being on horse- back , day and night , in their service . But go on to collect the votes ; I will attend the whole business , and mark those cowardly and ungrateful ...
... glory in these marks be- fore my fellow citizens : for I got them by being on horse- back , day and night , in their service . But go on to collect the votes ; I will attend the whole business , and mark those cowardly and ungrateful ...
Side 46
... glory , of his victory . For soon after the burial of the first of his sons , he made ( as we have stated ) his triumphal entry ; and , upon the death of the second soon after the triumph , he assembled the people of Rome , and made a ...
... glory , of his victory . For soon after the burial of the first of his sons , he made ( as we have stated ) his triumphal entry ; and , upon the death of the second soon after the triumph , he assembled the people of Rome , and made a ...
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Achæans action Æmilius affairs afterward Alexander Annibal Antigonus Antiochus appeared Archimedes Aristides arms army Athenians Athens attack barbarians battle body Boeotia brought called camp Carthaginians Cato cavalry Cineas citizens command consul danger death Demetrius despatched Dinocrates embassadors endeavoured enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas Epirus Etolians Fabius favour fell fight Flaminius foot forces fortune fought friends gained Gauls gave glory Grecian Greece Greeks hands honour horse hundred illustrious killed king Lacedæmonians liberty likewise Livy Lucius Lysimachus Macedon Macedonians Marcellus marched Mardonius Neoptolemus observed occasion officers Paulus Pausanias Pelopidas Perseus Persians person Philip Philopomen Platææ Plutarch Polybius Pyrrhus received Ricard Romans Rome sacrifice says Scipio senate sent Sicily slain soldiers soon Spartans sword Syracusans temple Thebans Thebes Themistocles Thessaly thing thousand tion Titus took town tribune triumph troops tyrant victory virtue whole wounded young
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Side 340 - 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...
Side 45 - 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.
Side 126 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Side 124 - 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...
Side 158 - Aristides, whom he took for some ordinary person, and giving him his shell, desired him to write Aristides upon it. The good man, surprised at the adventure, asked him, " Whether Aristides had ever injured him ?"
Side 46 - For in the hand of the Lord there is a cup, and the wine is red : it is full mixed, and he poureth out of the same. 10 As for the dregs thereof : all the ungodly of the earth shall drink them, and suck them out.
Side 318 - 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.