Plutarch's Lives,: Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch, Volume 2Edward and Charles Dilly, 1770 |
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... fuccefs ; he always told the Athe- nians , " that as far as their fate depended upon him , they should be immortal . " Perceiving that Tolmides , + By Achaeans we are fometimes to understand the Greeks in general , efpecially in the ...
... fuccefs ; he always told the Athe- nians , " that as far as their fate depended upon him , they should be immortal . " Perceiving that Tolmides , + By Achaeans we are fometimes to understand the Greeks in general , efpecially in the ...
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... fuccefs and military reputation , was preparing to invade Boeotia at an unfeasonable time , and that , over and above the regular troops , he had perfuaded the bravest and most spirited of the Athenian youth , to the number of a ...
... fuccefs and military reputation , was preparing to invade Boeotia at an unfeasonable time , and that , over and above the regular troops , he had perfuaded the bravest and most spirited of the Athenian youth , to the number of a ...
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... fuccefs , however , of this application proved the reverse of what was expected by those that ordered it . Πολλα πάνυ παρά την δίκην † Anaxagoras held the unity of God ; that it was one all wife Intelligence which raifed the beautiful ...
... fuccefs , however , of this application proved the reverse of what was expected by those that ordered it . Πολλα πάνυ παρά την δίκην † Anaxagoras held the unity of God ; that it was one all wife Intelligence which raifed the beautiful ...
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... fuccefs , and the enemy no lefs dreaded fo great an armament . The whole fleet was in readinefs , and Pericles on ... fuccefs ; but the di- ftemper which prevailed in his army , broke all his measures . For it not only carried off his ...
... fuccefs , and the enemy no lefs dreaded fo great an armament . The whole fleet was in readinefs , and Pericles on ... fuccefs ; but the di- ftemper which prevailed in his army , broke all his measures . For it not only carried off his ...
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... fuccefs on account of their virtue and prudence ; and therefore he watched the mo- tions of Hannibal , not with a defign to give him battle , but by length of time to wafte his fpirit and vigour , and gradually to destroy him by means ...
... fuccefs on account of their virtue and prudence ; and therefore he watched the mo- tions of Hannibal , not with a defign to give him battle , but by length of time to wafte his fpirit and vigour , and gradually to destroy him by means ...
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