Plutarch's Lives, Volume 3David Huntington. A. Paul, printer, 1816 |
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... sword in his hand . ( j ) This Paulus had a daughter named Æmilia , who was married to Scipio the Great , and a son called Paulus , whose history I am now writing . At the time in which he made his appearance in the world , Rome ...
... sword in his hand . ( j ) This Paulus had a daughter named Æmilia , who was married to Scipio the Great , and a son called Paulus , whose history I am now writing . At the time in which he made his appearance in the world , Rome ...
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... swords as became Romans , when their commander should give them an opportunity . He ordered also the sentinels to keep watch without their pikes , ( u ) that they might guard the better against sleep , when they were sensible that they ...
... swords as became Romans , when their commander should give them an opportunity . He ordered also the sentinels to keep watch without their pikes , ( u ) that they might guard the better against sleep , when they were sensible that they ...
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... swords . And when he saw the rest of the Ma- cedonians take their bucklers from their shoulders , join them close ... sword in his hand , and fought while he implored the divine aid . Yet one Posido- nius , ( g ) who says he lived in ...
... swords . And when he saw the rest of the Ma- cedonians take their bucklers from their shoulders , join them close ... sword in his hand , and fought while he implored the divine aid . Yet one Posido- nius , ( g ) who says he lived in ...
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... swords , to beat them back with their shields , or to put them by with their hands : but the Macedo- nians , holding ... sword ; and the bayonet is still better , because it gives the soldier the free use of his musket , without being ...
... swords , to beat them back with their shields , or to put them by with their hands : but the Macedo- nians , holding ... sword ; and the bayonet is still better , because it gives the soldier the free use of his musket , without being ...
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... swords to strike the long shields of the Romans that reached from head to foot , and slight bucklers to oppose to the ... sword . As he was a youth who had received all the advantages of education , and who owed to so illustrious a fa ...
... swords to strike the long shields of the Romans that reached from head to foot , and slight bucklers to oppose to the ... sword . As he was a youth who had received all the advantages of education , and who owed to so illustrious a fa ...
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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.