Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, Bind 3Brannan and Morford, 1811 |
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Side 27
... wounds , and run upon certain death , were thrown down headlong . The first line thus cut in pieces , those who were behind were forced to give way , and though they did not fly , yet they retreated toward mount Olocrus . Emilius see ...
... wounds , and run upon certain death , were thrown down headlong . The first line thus cut in pieces , those who were behind were forced to give way , and though they did not fly , yet they retreated toward mount Olocrus . Emilius see ...
Side 30
... wounded se- veral of them ; so that the king , dreading the conse- quences of the tumult , turned his horse out of the com- mon road , and lest he should be known , wrapped up his purple robe and placed it before him ; he also took off ...
... wounded se- veral of them ; so that the king , dreading the conse- quences of the tumult , turned his horse out of the com- mon road , and lest he should be known , wrapped up his purple robe and placed it before him ; he also took off ...
Side 41
... , mentioned be- low , which it would almost seem Plutarch considered as inten- tional ( in order , perhaps , to show that he had received no wounds , At the same time baring his breast , he showed D 2 ' PAULUS EMILIUS . 41 .
... , mentioned be- low , which it would almost seem Plutarch considered as inten- tional ( in order , perhaps , to show that he had received no wounds , At the same time baring his breast , he showed D 2 ' PAULUS EMILIUS . 41 .
Side 58
... wounds which he had received as their general , and his shield pierced with a spear : " I for my part , " said he , " was much ashamed , when at the siege of Samos a javelin fell near me ; as if I had behaved too like a young man , and ...
... wounds which he had received as their general , and his shield pierced with a spear : " I for my part , " said he , " was much ashamed , when at the siege of Samos a javelin fell near me ; as if I had behaved too like a young man , and ...
Side 60
... wounds , fell upon a heap of friends and enemies who 5 We must take care not to confound this with the famous bat- tle at Mantinea , in which Epaminondas was slain . For that battle was fought against the Lacedæmonians , and this for ...
... wounds , fell upon a heap of friends and enemies who 5 We must take care not to confound this with the famous bat- tle at Mantinea , in which Epaminondas was slain . For that battle was fought against the Lacedæmonians , and this for ...
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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.