Plutarch's Lives, Volume 2I. Thomas, 1804 |
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... whofe power in all other refpects was very great , and indeed ar- bitrary , in this cafe at least appear to be dependent upon the people . In the next place Fabius , willing to fhow the high authority and grandeur of his office , in ...
... whofe power in all other refpects was very great , and indeed ar- bitrary , in this cafe at least appear to be dependent upon the people . In the next place Fabius , willing to fhow the high authority and grandeur of his office , in ...
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... whofe relation he was , he thought by de preffing Fabius , to raife his friend . The fenate , too , was offended , particularly with the terms he had fettled with Hannibal for the ranfom of prifoners . For it was agreed between them ...
... whofe relation he was , he thought by de preffing Fabius , to raife his friend . The fenate , too , was offended , particularly with the terms he had fettled with Hannibal for the ranfom of prifoners . For it was agreed between them ...
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... whofe perfon , as tri- bune of the people could not be touched , ( for the tribunes are the only officers of ftate , that retain their authority af- ter the appointing of a dictator . ) Metilius entreated , in- fifted that the people ...
... whofe perfon , as tri- bune of the people could not be touched , ( for the tribunes are the only officers of ftate , that retain their authority af- ter the appointing of a dictator . ) Metilius entreated , in- fifted that the people ...
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... whofe members were flain in that battle . There was this difference , indeed , that Buteo had no fooner enrolled the new fenators , than he difmiffed his litors and the rest of his retinue , and mixed with the crowd , stopping fome time ...
... whofe members were flain in that battle . There was this difference , indeed , that Buteo had no fooner enrolled the new fenators , than he difmiffed his litors and the rest of his retinue , and mixed with the crowd , stopping fome time ...
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... whofe motions were like thofe of a torrent , found his forces broken and diminished , and by Fabius , who moved with a filent but conftant ftream , he was undermined and infen- fibly weakened . Such at length , was the extremity he was ...
... whofe motions were like thofe of a torrent , found his forces broken and diminished , and by Fabius , who moved with a filent but conftant ftream , he was undermined and infen- fibly weakened . Such at length , was the extremity he was ...
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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.