Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, Volumes 3-41810 |
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Page 65
... Lacedæmonians began to let theirs grow in the joy of success . Neither did they commence this custom , when the Bacchiada 4 fled from Corinth to Lacedæmon , and made a disagreeable ap- pearance with their shorn locks . But it is derived ...
... Lacedæmonians began to let theirs grow in the joy of success . Neither did they commence this custom , when the Bacchiada 4 fled from Corinth to Lacedæmon , and made a disagreeable ap- pearance with their shorn locks . But it is derived ...
Page 67
... Lacedæmonians began to be afraid in their turn , and resolved to prosecute the war with double diligence ; and as they saw it required an able general , as well as great preparations , they gave the command at sea to Lysander7 When he ...
... Lacedæmonians began to be afraid in their turn , and resolved to prosecute the war with double diligence ; and as they saw it required an able general , as well as great preparations , they gave the command at sea to Lysander7 When he ...
Page 74
... Lacedæmonians , and gave the chal- lenge . Lysander however , though he had manned his ships over - night and stood facing the enemy , did not accept it . On the contrary , he sent orders by his pin- naces to those ships that were in ...
... Lacedæmonians , and gave the chal- lenge . Lysander however , though he had manned his ships over - night and stood facing the enemy , did not accept it . On the contrary , he sent orders by his pin- naces to those ships that were in ...
Page 79
... Lacedæmonian government . Theopompus 21 therefore , the comic wri- ter , was under a great mistake , when he compared the Lacedæmonians to vintners , who at first gave Greece a delightful draught of liberty , but afterwards dashed the ...
... Lacedæmonian government . Theopompus 21 therefore , the comic wri- ter , was under a great mistake , when he compared the Lacedæmonians to vintners , who at first gave Greece a delightful draught of liberty , but afterwards dashed the ...
Page 80
... Lacedæmonians disapproved : they annulled what he had done , and re- stored the Sestians to their country . But , in other re- spects , the Grecians were well satisfied with his con- duct . They saw with pleasure the Æginetæ recovering ...
... Lacedæmonians disapproved : they annulled what he had done , and re- stored the Sestians to their country . But , in other re- spects , the Grecians were well satisfied with his con- duct . They saw with pleasure the Æginetæ recovering ...
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Page 337 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait : Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost : He comes : nor want nor cold his course delay.
Page 336 - 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...
Page 353 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Page 23 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Page 126 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Page 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, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Page 119 - And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the informing soul. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed ; his were the only offensive and defensive arms of the city.
Page 337 - On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, 'And all be mine beneath the polar sky.' The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, not want and cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Page 119 - ... of mathematical knowledge, that, though in the invention of these machines he gained the reputation of a man" endowed with divine rather than human knowledge, yet he did not vouchsafe to leave any account of them in writing. For he considered all attention to mechanics, and every art that ministers to common uses, as mean and sordid, and placed his whole delight in those intellectual speculations, which, without any relation to the necessities of life, have an intrinsic excellence arising from...
Page 197 - A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.