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... favor of a general and paminondas engaged in k fas , offered him to willing that his military's les , and afisfied wit s , the fare ma Decovere tion , I Inftead of a But finding fresh complai fatiable avarice , Tome feverity ; up guards ...
... favor of a general and paminondas engaged in k fas , offered him to willing that his military's les , and afisfied wit s , the fare ma Decovere tion , I Inftead of a But finding fresh complai fatiable avarice , Tome feverity ; up guards ...
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... favor of the people , procured by fupport ing the most turbulent of their tribunes , he obtained the confulate . It was ufual with the Romans to mufter every year four le- gions , which confifting , in difficult times , cach of five ...
... favor of the people , procured by fupport ing the most turbulent of their tribunes , he obtained the confulate . It was ufual with the Romans to mufter every year four le- gions , which confifting , in difficult times , cach of five ...
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... favor and protection of the gods . Fabius was perfuaded that it was better to keep the cit- ies from revolting , and to prevent any commotions among the allies , by affability and mildness , than to entertain ev- ery fulpicion , or to ...
... favor and protection of the gods . Fabius was perfuaded that it was better to keep the cit- ies from revolting , and to prevent any commotions among the allies , by affability and mildness , than to entertain ev- ery fulpicion , or to ...
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... fent Scipio into Africa , and yet they were victorious there , not by the favor of : fortune , but by the courage and conduct of their general . So that the misfortunes of his country bore witness to 32 : PLUTARCH's LIVES .
... fent Scipio into Africa , and yet they were victorious there , not by the favor of : fortune , but by the courage and conduct of their general . So that the misfortunes of his country bore witness to 32 : PLUTARCH's LIVES .
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... favors , but that he ftudied to cor- rect the errors of his heart , and to cure him of his empty and foolish arrogance , Then his creft fell , and all his pride was gone , He droop'd the conquer'd wing . In fact , he confidered the ...
... favors , but that he ftudied to cor- rect the errors of his heart , and to cure him of his empty and foolish arrogance , Then his creft fell , and all his pride was gone , He droop'd the conquer'd wing . In fact , he confidered the ...
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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.
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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.