Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, Volume 3Brannan and Morford, 1811 |
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... danger deserted the field , Paulus stood his ground , and fell bravely amidst the enemy with his sword in his hand1o . This Paulus had a daughter named Emilia , who was married to Scipio the Great , and a son called Paulus , whose ...
... danger deserted the field , Paulus stood his ground , and fell bravely amidst the enemy with his sword in his hand1o . This Paulus had a daughter named Emilia , who was married to Scipio the Great , and a son called Paulus , whose ...
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... danger- ous for the state to connive at and pass by such things . For no man ever began his attempts against govern . ment with an enormous crime14 , and relaxing in the smallest matters breaks down the fences of the greatest . Neither ...
... danger- ous for the state to connive at and pass by such things . For no man ever began his attempts against govern . ment with an enormous crime14 , and relaxing in the smallest matters breaks down the fences of the greatest . Neither ...
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... danger , all contributed to his suc- cess , I cannot place his glorious and distinguished ac- tions to any account but his own . The avarice of Per- seus , indeed , may possibly be considered as a fortunate circumstance for Emilius ...
... danger , all contributed to his suc- cess , I cannot place his glorious and distinguished ac- tions to any account but his own . The avarice of Per- seus , indeed , may possibly be considered as a fortunate circumstance for Emilius ...
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... danger that threatened him ; but a Cretan deserter , who had slipped from Scipio by the way , came and informed him of the circuit the Romans were taking in order to surprise him . This intelligence threw him in great confusion , yet he ...
... danger that threatened him ; but a Cretan deserter , who had slipped from Scipio by the way , came and informed him of the circuit the Romans were taking in order to surprise him . This intelligence threw him in great confusion , yet he ...
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... dangerous conflict for the heights ; that he himself killed a Thracian mer- cenary , who engaged him , by piercing ... danger . Encouraged by this repre- sentation , he fixed his camp there ; prepared for bat- tle , viewed the country ...
... dangerous conflict for the heights ; that he himself killed a Thracian mer- cenary , who engaged him , by piercing ... danger . Encouraged by this repre- sentation , he fixed his camp there ; prepared for bat- tle , viewed the country ...
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Page 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...
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, unrnix'd, is curst indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Page 126 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Page 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...
Page 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 ?"
Page 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.
Page 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.