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... refpect had greatly the advantage , as we have already 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 ...
... refpect had greatly the advantage , as we have already 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 ...
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... refpect which the Áthenians themselves paid him . The rights of hofpitality had long fubfifted between the family of Alcibiades and the Lacedæmonians , and he had taken particular care of such of them as were made prif- oners at Pylos ...
... refpect which the Áthenians themselves paid him . The rights of hofpitality had long fubfifted between the family of Alcibiades and the Lacedæmonians , and he had taken particular care of such of them as were made prif- oners at Pylos ...
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... refpect . He even married in compliance with her de- fire and requeft , and after his wife had borne him chil- dren , ftill lived in the fame house with his mother . At the time when the reputation and intereft which his virtue had ...
... refpect . He even married in compliance with her de- fire and requeft , and after his wife had borne him chil- dren , ftill lived in the fame house with his mother . At the time when the reputation and intereft which his virtue had ...
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... refpect , therefore , neither of them is to be com- mended ; though he that avails himself of popular arts , and shows too much indulgence , is less blameable than he , who , to avoid the imputation of obfequiousness , treats . the ...
... refpect , therefore , neither of them is to be com- mended ; though he that avails himself of popular arts , and shows too much indulgence , is less blameable than he , who , to avoid the imputation of obfequiousness , treats . the ...
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... refpect to Themistocles . He went in per- fon to those generals , who , he knew , were not his friends , and fhowed them what steps it was proper for them to take . Whereas Coriolanus directed his revenge against the whole commonwealth ...
... refpect to Themistocles . He went in per- fon to those generals , who , he knew , were not his friends , and fhowed them what steps it was proper for them to take . Whereas Coriolanus directed his revenge against the whole commonwealth ...
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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.