Plutarch's Lives of Romulus, Lycurgus, Solon ... and Others and His Comparisons: With Notes, Critical and HistoricalW.L. Allison Company, 1889 |
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Page 375 - O MAN ! WHOSOEVER THOU ART, AND WHENSOEVER THOU COMEST (FOR COME I KNOW THOU WILT), I AM CYRUS, THE FOUNDER OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE, ENVY ME NOT THE LITTLE EARTH THAT COVERS MY BODY.
Page 588 - Yet, while my Hector still survives, I see My father, mother, brethren, all in thee : Alas ! my parents, brothers, kindred, all Once more will perish, if my Hector fall. Thy wife, thy infant, in thy danger share : Oh ! prove a husband's and a father's care! That quarter most the skilful Greeks annoy, Where yon wild fig-trees join the wall of Troy : Thou from this tower defend th...
Page 433 - ... the ides of March, and that when the day was come, as he was going to the senate house, he called to the soothsayer, and said, laughing, "The ides of March are come;" to which he answered softly, "Yes, but they are not gone.
Page 44 - Who would steal or take a bribe, who would defraud or rob, when he could not conceal the booty-; when he could neither be dignified by the possession of it, nor if cut in pieces be served by its use?
Page 308 - Nor is it always in the most distinguished achievements that men's virtues or vices may be best discerned ; but very often an action of small note, a short saying, or a jest, shall distinguish a person's real character more than the greatest sieges, or the most important battles.
Page 503 - Caesar, he disembarked, and travelled a hundred furlongs on foot, as if Rome had been the place of his destination. Repenting, however, afterwards, he left that road,- and made again for the sea. He passed the night in the most perplexing and horrid thoughts ; insomuch that he was sometimes...
Page 597 - I'll meet thee there !' When the apparition was gone he called his servant, who told * Eusebe Salverte : Opus cit.
Page 182 - For he taught him not only how to throw a dart, -to fight hand to hand, and to ride, but to box, to endure heat and cold, and to swim the most rapid rij;ers.
Page 391 - As his friends were wondering what might be the reason, he said, " Do you think I have not sufficient cause for concern, when Alexander at my age reigned over so many conquered countries, and I have not one glorious achievement to boast?
Page 504 - In the mean time a number of crows settled in the chamber-window, and croaked in the most doleful manner. One of them even entered it, and alighting on the bed, attempted, with its beak, to draw off the clothes with which he had covered his face. On sight of this, the servants began to reproach themselves.