Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2I. Thomas, 1804 |
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... command , and befides was of . an age in which the vigor of the 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 ...
... command , and befides was of . an age in which the vigor of the 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 ...
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... command as this , who " fhrinks under calumnies and flanders , and complies with . the humor of those whom he ought to govern , and whose . folly and rafhnels it is his duty to restrain . " After this Hannibal made a disagreeable ...
... command as this , who " fhrinks under calumnies and flanders , and complies with . the humor of those whom he ought to govern , and whose . folly and rafhnels it is his duty to restrain . " After this Hannibal made a disagreeable ...
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... command with him , and have equal authority in conducting the war ; a thing never before practifed in Rome . There was , however , another inftance of it foon af- ter upon the unfortunate action of Cannæ ; for Marcus Ju- nius the ...
... command with him , and have equal authority in conducting the war ; a thing never before practifed in Rome . There was , however , another inftance of it foon af- ter upon the unfortunate action of Cannæ ; for Marcus Ju- nius the ...
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... command , but have need to " be under the direction of another ; and from this mo . " ment I bid adieu to the ambition ċf getting the better " of a man whom it is an honor to be foiled by . In all " other refpects the dictator thall be ...
... command , but have need to " be under the direction of another ; and from this mo . " ment I bid adieu to the ambition ċf getting the better " of a man whom it is an honor to be foiled by . In all " other refpects the dictator thall be ...
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... command alternately each his day , when his turn came , took poft over against Hannibal , on the banks of the Aufidus , near the village of Canne . As foon as it was light he gave the fignal for battle , which is a red mantle fet up ...
... command alternately each his day , when his turn came , took poft over against Hannibal , on the banks of the Aufidus , near the village of Canne . As foon as it was light he gave the fignal for battle , which is a red mantle fet up ...
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Achæans Achradina Æmilius affembly affiftance againſt Alcibiades alfo anſwer Ariftides arms army Athenians Athens battle becauſe befides Boeotia called Carthaginians Cato caufed cauſe command confiderable conful Corinthians Coriolanus defign defired Dionyfius enemy Epaminondas Fabius facrifice faid fame fecond feems fenate fent ferved fervice feveral fhips fhould fhow fide fight fince firft firſt flain Flaminius flaves foldiers fome foon forces fpirit friends ftill fuccefs fuch fuffered fword gave greateſt Grecian Greece Greeks Hannibal himſelf honor horfe horſe houſe hundred king Lacedæmonians laft Livy Macedonians mafter Marcellus Marcius Mardonius moft moſt Nicias obferved occafion paffed Pelopidas Perfeus Perfians perfons perfuaded Pharnabazus Philopomen pleaſure Plutarch Polybius prefent purpoſe raiſed reafon refpect reft Romans Rome Scipio Sicily Spartans ſtill Syracufans Syracufe Tarentum Thebans thefe Themistocles themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand Timoleon took troops tyrant uſe victory Volfcians whofe
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Page 239 - Yet Archimedes had such a depth of understanding, such a dignity of sentiment, and so copious a fund of mathematical knowledge, that, though in the invention of these machines he gained the reputation of a man" endowed with divine rather than human knowledge, yet he did not vouchsafe to leave any account of them in writing.
Page 301 - ... from the living fountain. A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.
Page 238 - And, in truth, all the rest of the Syracusans were no more than the body in the batteries of Archimedes, while he himself was the informing soul.