Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2I. Thomas, 1804 |
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... use of a horse when in the field . This was forbid- den by an ancient law , either because they placed their greatest strength in the infantry , and therefore chose that the commander in chief fhould be always pofted among them ; or ...
... use of a horse when in the field . This was forbid- den by an ancient law , either because they placed their greatest strength in the infantry , and therefore chose that the commander in chief fhould be always pofted among them ; or ...
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... use of a stronger bait ; which was , to enter Campania , the fineft country in Italy , and lay it waste under the dictator's eyes , hoping by that means to bring him to an action . But , by the mistake which Plutarch mentions , his ...
... use of a stronger bait ; which was , to enter Campania , the fineft country in Italy , and lay it waste under the dictator's eyes , hoping by that means to bring him to an action . But , by the mistake which Plutarch mentions , his ...
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... use it . " * The battle of Cannæ , however , made such an alteration in his affairs , that though before it he had neither town , nor magazine , nor port in Italy , but , without any regular fupplies for the war , fubfifted his army by ...
... use it . " * The battle of Cannæ , however , made such an alteration in his affairs , that though before it he had neither town , nor magazine , nor port in Italy , but , without any regular fupplies for the war , fubfifted his army by ...
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... use of the plectrum upon " the lyre , he would fay , has nothing in it that disorders " the features or form , but a man is hardly to be known " by his most intimate friends when he plays upon the " Alute . Befides , the lyre does not ...
... use of the plectrum upon " the lyre , he would fay , has nothing in it that disorders " the features or form , but a man is hardly to be known " by his most intimate friends when he plays upon the " Alute . Befides , the lyre does not ...
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... use of him , when they wanted to ftrike at perfons in authority . At his inftigation , the Athenians were ready to proceed to the ban of oftracism , by which they pull down and expel fuch of the citizens as are diftinguished by their ...
... use of him , when they wanted to ftrike at perfons in authority . At his inftigation , the Athenians were ready to proceed to the ban of oftracism , by which they pull down and expel fuch of the citizens as are diftinguished by their ...
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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.