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Page 145
... Mardonius ' proposal to the Athenians . Aristides de- spatched to Sparta to hasten the succours : elected generat of the Athenian forces . They are perplexed by an oracle , which is explained to their satisfaction . Aristides ap- peases ...
... Mardonius ' proposal to the Athenians . Aristides de- spatched to Sparta to hasten the succours : elected generat of the Athenian forces . They are perplexed by an oracle , which is explained to their satisfaction . Aristides ap- peases ...
Page 146
... Mardonius . That general's death . The Greeks take possession of the Persian camp , where they make great carnage . Herodotus refuted . Dispute about the prize of valour settled by Aristides . Sacred fire fetched from Delphi to purify ...
... Mardonius . That general's death . The Greeks take possession of the Persian camp , where they make great carnage . Herodotus refuted . Dispute about the prize of valour settled by Aristides . Sacred fire fetched from Delphi to purify ...
Page 155
... Mardonius was beaten at Platea ; whereas this name is on record immediately after Phanippus 24 , who was archon in the year of the battle Marathon . Of all the virtues of Aristides , the people were the most struck with his justice ...
... Mardonius was beaten at Platea ; whereas this name is on record immediately after Phanippus 24 , who was archon in the year of the battle Marathon . Of all the virtues of Aristides , the people were the most struck with his justice ...
Page 161
... Mardonius behind him with the land - forces , which consisted of three hundred thousand of his best troops . In the strength of such an army , Mardonius was very formidable ; and the fears of the Greeks were heighten- ed by this ...
... Mardonius behind him with the land - forces , which consisted of three hundred thousand of his best troops . In the strength of such an army , Mardonius was very formidable ; and the fears of the Greeks were heighten- ed by this ...
Page 162
... Mardonius , he pointed to the sun and told them , " As long as this luminary shines , so long will the Athenians carry on war with the Persians for their country which has been laid waste , and for their temples which have been profaned ...
... Mardonius , he pointed to the sun and told them , " As long as this luminary shines , so long will the Athenians carry on war with the Persians for their country which has been laid waste , and for their temples which have been profaned ...
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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.