Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2I. Thomas, 1804 |
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... body , considering its ftrengh as a natural armor ; at the fame time he improved his powers of perfuafion , as the engines by which the peo- ple are to be moved ; adapting them to the manner of his life . For in his eloquence there was ...
... body , considering its ftrengh as a natural armor ; at the fame time he improved his powers of perfuafion , as the engines by which the peo- ple are to be moved ; adapting them to the manner of his life . For in his eloquence there was ...
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... body of Flaminius , that he might bury it with due honor , as a tribute to his bravery , but he could not find it , nor could any account be given what became of it . * This fall from his horfe , which was confidered as an ill omen ...
... body of Flaminius , that he might bury it with due honor , as a tribute to his bravery , but he could not find it , nor could any account be given what became of it . * This fall from his horfe , which was confidered as an ill omen ...
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... body is fufficient to exe- cute the purposes of the mind , and courage is tempered with prudence . " Pursuant to these resolutions , Fabius was chofen dicta- tor , and he appointed Lucius Minucius his general of the horfe . But first he ...
... body is fufficient to exe- cute the purposes of the mind , and courage is tempered with prudence . " Pursuant to these resolutions , Fabius was chofen dicta- tor , and he appointed Lucius Minucius his general of the horfe . But first he ...
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... body of his army he posted to advan- tage on the furrounding hills , and with the lightest and moft active of his troops , fell upon the enemy's rear , put their whole army in diforder , and killed about eight hun- dred of them ...
... body of his army he posted to advan- tage on the furrounding hills , and with the lightest and moft active of his troops , fell upon the enemy's rear , put their whole army in diforder , and killed about eight hun- dred of them ...
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... body in the camp . Immediately Hannibal's light armed troops took poffeffion of the outlet , and the rest of his forces marched fafely through , loaded with a rich booty . for Fabius difcovered the ftratagem that fame night , for fome ...
... body in the camp . Immediately Hannibal's light armed troops took poffeffion of the outlet , and the rest of his forces marched fafely through , loaded with a rich booty . for Fabius difcovered the ftratagem that fame night , for fome ...
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