Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3David Huntington. A. Paul, printer, 1816 |
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Page 53
... Thebans gain several advantages . Their unsuccessful attempt upon Orchmenus . Battle of Tegyra , in which the Spartans are defeated . Origin of the Sacred Band . How employed by Pelopidas . Cleombrotus , king of Sparta , marches against ...
... Thebans gain several advantages . Their unsuccessful attempt upon Orchmenus . Battle of Tegyra , in which the Spartans are defeated . Origin of the Sacred Band . How employed by Pelopidas . Cleombrotus , king of Sparta , marches against ...
Page 54
... Thebans : perishes by a conspiracy . The CATO the elder , hearing some one commend a man who was rashly and indiscreetly daring in war , made this just observa- tion , that " there was a great difference between a due regard to valour ...
... Thebans : perishes by a conspiracy . The CATO the elder , hearing some one commend a man who was rashly and indiscreetly daring in war , made this just observa- tion , that " there was a great difference between a due regard to valour ...
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... Thebans , with grateful hearts , en- joyed the liberality and munificence of Pelopidas : Epaminon das alone could ... Theban . As for Epaminon- das , poverty was his inheritance , and consequently familiar to him ; but he made it still ...
... Thebans , with grateful hearts , en- joyed the liberality and munificence of Pelopidas : Epaminon das alone could ... Theban . As for Epaminon- das , poverty was his inheritance , and consequently familiar to him ; but he made it still ...
Page 57
... Thebans , which led them not to seek in any of their measures their own honour and wealth , the pursuit of which is always attended with envy and strife : but , being both inspir- ed from the first with a divine ardour to raise their ...
... Thebans , which led them not to seek in any of their measures their own honour and wealth , the pursuit of which is always attended with envy and strife : but , being both inspir- ed from the first with a divine ardour to raise their ...
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... Thebans : and , under the countenance of Sparta , the Thebans recovered the government of Boeotia , of which they had been deprived on account of their defection to the Persians . At length , however , they grew so powerful and ...
... Thebans : and , under the countenance of Sparta , the Thebans recovered the government of Boeotia , of which they had been deprived on account of their defection to the Persians . At length , however , they grew so powerful and ...
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Achæans action Æmilius affairs afterward Alexander Annibal Antigonus Antiochus appeared Archimedes Aristides arms army Athenians Athens attacked barbarians battle body Boeotia brought called camp Carthaginians Cato cavalry Cineas citizens command conquered consul courage danger death Demetrius despatched embassadors endeavoured enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas Epirus Fabius favour fell fight Flaminius foot forces fortune fought friends gained Gauls gave glory Grecian Greece Greeks hands honour horse hundred illustrious killed king Lacedæmonians liberty likewise Livy Lucius Lysimachus Macedon Macedonians Marcellus marched Mardonius Neoptolemus occasion officers oracle Paulus Pausanias Pelopidas Perseus Persians person Philip Philopomen Platææ Plutarch Polybius Ptolemy Pyrrhus received Ricard Romans Rome sacrifice says Scipio senate sent Sicily slain soldiers soon Spartans sword Syracusans temple Thebans Thebes Themistocles Thessaly thing thousand tion Titus took town triumph troops tyrant valour victory virtue whole wounded young
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Page 297 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground ? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 297 - On what foundations 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; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain.
Page 42 - 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 114 - But war's a game which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Page 112 - 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 192 - Chilo, who was a good grammarian, and taught several other children. .But he tells us, he did not choose that his son should be reprimanded by a slave, or pulled by the ears, if he happened to be slow in learning ; or that he should be indebted to so mean a person for his education. He was, therefore, himself his preceptor in grammar, in law, and in the necessary exercises. For he taught him not only how to throw a dart, to fight hand to hand, and to ride, but to box, to endure heat and cold, and...
Page 297 - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field ; Behold surrounding kings their powers combine, And one capitulate, and one resign ; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain ; "Think nothing gain'd," he cries, "till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.
Page 114 - To* extort their truncheons from the puny hands Of heroes, whose infirm and baby minds Are gratified with mischief; and who spoil, Because men suffer it, their toy, the world.
Page 176 - We certainly ought not to treat living creatures like shoes or household goods, which, when worn out with use, we throw away; and were it only to learn benevolence to human kind, we should be merciful to other creatures. For my own part, I would not sell even an old ox...
Page 172 - ... of the man, who, though he was the most illustrious character in Rome, had subdued the fiercest nations, and driven Pyrrhus out of Italy, cultivated this little spot of ground with his own hands, and, after three triumphs, retired to his own cottage.