Plutarch's Lives: Translated from the Original Greek, with Notes Critical and Historical, and a New Life of Plutarch, Volume 2C. Bathurst, 1794 |
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... friends brought him an account of thofe afperfions , and exhorted him to wipe them off by rifkng a battle , " In that cafe , " said he , " I fhould be of a more diftardly fpirit than they represent me , if through fear of infults and ...
... friends brought him an account of thofe afperfions , and exhorted him to wipe them off by rifkng a battle , " In that cafe , " said he , " I fhould be of a more diftardly fpirit than they represent me , if through fear of infults and ...
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... friend . The fenate too was offended , particularly with the terms he had settled with Hannibal for the ranfom of prifoners . For it was agreed between them , that the prifoners should be exchanged , man for man , and that if either of ...
... friend . The fenate too was offended , particularly with the terms he had settled with Hannibal for the ranfom of prifoners . For it was agreed between them , that the prifoners should be exchanged , man for man , and that if either of ...
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... friends about him , " Ye gods ! how much fooner than I expected , " and yet later than his indifcreet proceedings required , 66 has Minucius ruined himself ! " Then having command- ed the standard - bearers to advance , and the whole ...
... friends about him , " Ye gods ! how much fooner than I expected , " and yet later than his indifcreet proceedings required , 66 has Minucius ruined himself ! " Then having command- ed the standard - bearers to advance , and the whole ...
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... Friends " and fellow - foldiers , not to err at all in the management " of great affairs , is above the wisdom of men ; but it is " the part of a prudent and good man to learn from his errors and mifcarriages to correct himself for the ...
... Friends " and fellow - foldiers , not to err at all in the management " of great affairs , is above the wisdom of men ; but it is " the part of a prudent and good man to learn from his errors and mifcarriages to correct himself for the ...
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... friends and fervants paffed by him without stopping . At laft , Cornelius Lentulus , a young man of a patrician family , perceiving who he was , dif mounted , and entreated him to take his horfe , and fave himfelf for the commonwealth ...
... friends and fervants paffed by him without stopping . At laft , Cornelius Lentulus , a young man of a patrician family , perceiving who he was , dif mounted , and entreated him to take his horfe , and fave himfelf for the commonwealth ...
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