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... observed in his life . Hannibal had haftened to the relief of Tarentum , and being within five miles of it , when it was taken , he scru- pled not to say publicly , " The Romans , too , have their " Hannibal ; for we have loft Tarentum ...
... observed in his life . Hannibal had haftened to the relief of Tarentum , and being within five miles of it , when it was taken , he scru- pled not to say publicly , " The Romans , too , have their " Hannibal ; for we have loft Tarentum ...
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... observation , that there was great difference between a due regard to valor , and a contempt of life . To this . purpose , there is a ftory of one of the foldiers of Antigonus , who was aftonishingly brave , but of an unhealthy com ...
... observation , that there was great difference between a due regard to valor , and a contempt of life . To this . purpose , there is a ftory of one of the foldiers of Antigonus , who was aftonishingly brave , but of an unhealthy com ...
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... observed also , that Agefi- laus fetting fail from the fame place that Agamemnon did , and against the fame enemies , and feeing , moreover , at Aulis , the fame vifion of the goddess * demanding his daughter in facrifice , through an ...
... observed also , that Agefi- laus fetting fail from the fame place that Agamemnon did , and against the fame enemies , and feeing , moreover , at Aulis , the fame vifion of the goddess * demanding his daughter in facrifice , through an ...
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... observed , " That his_adverfary had done many injuries to Aristi- " des : " " Tell me not that , " said he , " but what injury " he has done to thee ; for it is thy cause I am judging , " not my own , " When appointed public treafurer ...
... observed , " That his_adverfary had done many injuries to Aristi- " des : " " Tell me not that , " said he , " but what injury " he has done to thee ; for it is thy cause I am judging , " not my own , " When appointed public treafurer ...
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... observed , “ That " the enemy brought neither better arms nor bolder " hearts than they had at Marathon , but came with the " fame bows , the fame embroidered vefts and profusion " of gold , the fame effeminate bodies , and the fame un ...
... observed , “ That " the enemy brought neither better arms nor bolder " hearts than they had at Marathon , but came with the " fame bows , the fame embroidered vefts and profusion " of gold , the fame effeminate bodies , and the fame un ...
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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.