Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, Volumes 3-41810 |
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... mean as not to have gained the Cognomen ; or there might be so few of the family , that there was no occasion for it to distinguish ' the branches . 3 Viz . Cisalpine Gaul ; for so part of the north of modern Italy was denominated by ...
... mean as not to have gained the Cognomen ; or there might be so few of the family , that there was no occasion for it to distinguish ' the branches . 3 Viz . Cisalpine Gaul ; for so part of the north of modern Italy was denominated by ...
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... mean time he led at Cirrætum , a village in the territory of Arpinum + , a life which if compared with the elegance of polished life was perfectly rustic ; but at the same time it was tem- perate , and much resembled that of the ancient ...
... mean time he led at Cirrætum , a village in the territory of Arpinum + , a life which if compared with the elegance of polished life was perfectly rustic ; but at the same time it was tem- perate , and much resembled that of the ancient ...
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... means of these annual supplies , they had gradually opened themselves a way over the chief part of the European continent ; and that , though they are distinguished by different names according to their tribes , yet their whole body is ...
... means of these annual supplies , they had gradually opened themselves a way over the chief part of the European continent ; and that , though they are distinguished by different names according to their tribes , yet their whole body is ...
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... mean time Marius , observing the sloping hills and woody hollows that hung over the enemy's camp , despatched Claudius Marcellus with three thousand men to lie in ambush there till the fight was begun , and then to fall upon the enemy's ...
... mean time Marius , observing the sloping hills and woody hollows that hung over the enemy's camp , despatched Claudius Marcellus with three thousand men to lie in ambush there till the fight was begun , and then to fall upon the enemy's ...
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... mean time , the barbarian foot came on like a vast sea . Marius , having purified his hands , lifted them toward heaven , and vowed a he- catomb to the gods ; and Catulus , in the same posture , promised to consecrate a temple to the ...
... mean time , the barbarian foot came on like a vast sea . Marius , having purified his hands , lifted them toward heaven , and vowed a he- catomb to the gods ; and Catulus , in the same posture , promised to consecrate a temple to the ...
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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.