Plutarch's Lives, tr. by J. and W. Langhorne, Volumi 3-41810 |
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Pagina 3
... camp than that of the city , he was fierce and untractable when in authority . It is said that he neither learned to read 2 The Romans had usually three names ; the Prænomen , the Nomen , and the Cognomen . The Prenomen , as Aulus ...
... camp than that of the city , he was fierce and untractable when in authority . It is said that he neither learned to read 2 The Romans had usually three names ; the Prænomen , the Nomen , and the Cognomen . The Prenomen , as Aulus ...
Pagina 21
... camp , by which they lost a 32 Hod . Amelia and Todi . The appearance here mentioned was nothing more , probably , than a vivid Aurora Borealis . Pessinus , referred to below , was a city in Phrygia . * number of men , they resolved to ...
... camp , by which they lost a 32 Hod . Amelia and Todi . The appearance here mentioned was nothing more , probably , than a vivid Aurora Borealis . Pessinus , referred to below , was a city in Phrygia . * number of men , they resolved to ...
Pagina 22
... camp , Then it was , that the immensity of their numbers appeared in the clearest light , from the length of their train and the time which they took up in passing for it is said , that though they moved on without intermission , they ...
... camp , Then it was , that the immensity of their numbers appeared in the clearest light , from the length of their train and the time which they took up in passing for it is said , that though they moved on without intermission , they ...
Pagina 24
... camp 36 and carriages . There the women meeting them with swords and axes , and setting up a horrid and hideous cry , fell upon the fugitives as well as the pursuers , the former as traitors and the latter as enemies . Mingling with the ...
... camp 36 and carriages . There the women meeting them with swords and axes , and setting up a horrid and hideous cry , fell upon the fugitives as well as the pursuers , the former as traitors and the latter as enemies . Mingling with the ...
Pagina 25
... camp , despatched Claudius Marcellus with three thousand men to lie in ambush there till the fight was begun , and then to fall upon the enemy's rear . The rest of his troops he ordered to sup , and go to rest in good time . Next ...
... camp , despatched Claudius Marcellus with three thousand men to lie in ambush there till the fight was begun , and then to fall upon the enemy's rear . The rest of his troops he ordered to sup , and go to rest in good time . Next ...
Parole e frasi comuni
Achæans action Æmilius affairs afterward Alcibiades Annibal Antigonus appeared Aristides arms army Athenians Athens attacked barbarians battle body Boeotia brought called camp Cato cavalry Cimbri Cimon collegue command consul consulship Crassus danger death defeated Demetrius despatched dreadful embassadors endeavoured enemy enemy's engaged Epaminondas expedition favour fell fight Flaminius fleet forces fortune friends gained Gauls gave give Grecian Greece Greeks Gylippus hands honour horse hundred killed king Lacedæmonians likewise Livy Lucullus Lysander Macedon Macedonians manner Marcellus marched Mardonius Marius Metellus Mithridates Nicias occasion officers oracle Parthians passed Pausanias Pelopidas Perseus Persians person Philopomen Plutarch Polybius Pompey present prisoners Pyrrhus received Romans Rome sail says Scipio senate sent Sertorius ships Sicily slain soldiers soon Spartans Surena sword Sylla Syracusans temple Thebans Themistocles thing thousand Tigranes tion took town triumph troops tyrant utmost valour victory whole young
Brani popolari
Pagina 337 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait : Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost : He comes : nor want nor cold his course delay.
Pagina 336 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Pagina 353 - Tis not in mortals to command success, But we'll do more, Sempronius; we'll deserve it.
Pagina 23 - The blue-eyed myriads from the Baltic coast The prostrate South to the destroyer yields Her boasted titles and her golden fields • With grim delight the brood of winter view A brighter day, and heavens of azure hue, Scent the new fragrance of the breathing rose, And quaff the pendent vintage as it grows.
Pagina 126 - But war's a game, which, were their subjects wise, Kings would not play at.
Pagina 45 - Two urns by Jove's high throne have ever stood, The source of evil one, and one of good ; From thence the cup of mortal man he fills, Blessings to these, to those distributes ills; To most, he mingles both : the wretch decreed To taste the bad, unmix'd, is cursed indeed; Pursued by wrongs, by meagre famine driven, He wanders, outcast both of earth and heaven.
Pagina 119 - 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. All other weapons lay idle and unemployed ; his were the only offensive and defensive arms of the city.
Pagina 337 - On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, 'And all be mine beneath the polar sky.' The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes, not want and cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing Glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Pagina 119 - ... 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. For he considered all attention to mechanics, and every art that ministers to common uses, as mean and sordid, and placed his whole delight in those intellectual speculations, which, without any relation to the necessities of life, have an intrinsic excellence arising from...
Pagina 197 - A good man will take care of his horses and dogs, not only while they are young, but when old and past service.