 When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Philip of Macedon said of Demosthenes, on hearing the report of one of his orations, " Had I been there, he would have persuaded me to take up arms against...  Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ... - Pagina 64di Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Plutarch - 1803 - 406 pagine
...the kings of Lacedxmon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he ?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1816 - 328 pagine
...Archidamus, one of the kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles or he?" he replied ; " When I throw him, he says he was never...he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1821 - 380 pagine
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, " When 1 throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Periclea when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 502 pagine
...kings of Lacedsmon, asked him, — " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he ?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 378 pagine
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles or he ?" he replied, " When 1 throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1828 - 468 pagine
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him,. — "Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 1831 - 380 pagine
...the kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, ' Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he ?' he answered, ' When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so.' Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1834 - 544 pagine
...kings of Lacedoemon, asked him,.—” Which was the best wrest¿ler, Pericles, or he?” he answered, “When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so.” Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 2009 - 354 pagine
...the kings of Lacedaemon, asked him,.—"Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, "When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 1840 - 472 pagine
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, — "Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
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