The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians, and Greeks, Volume 4James, John and Paul Knapton, 1735 - Carthaginians |
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Page 235 - ... prove either good or bad, neither the virtues of the one, nor the vices of the other, to which I have not •contributed, are to be ascribed to me. My whole employment is to...
Page 244 - The day before, or the same day, that the ship was to arrive from Delos, the return of which was to be followed by the death of Socrates, Crito, his intimate friend, came to him early in the morning, to let him know that...
Page 254 - what say you of this drink; may one make a libation out of it?' Upon being told there was only enough for one dose: - 'At least,' continued he, 'we may say our prayers to the gods, as it is our duty, and implore them to make our exit from this world, and our last stage happy, which is what I most ardently beg of them.
Page 116 - As he approached nearer, the cry of the sea! the sea! was heard distinctly, and the alarm changed into joy and gaiety; and when they came to the top, nothing was heard but a confused noise of the whole army crying out together, the sea! the sea! whilst they could not refrain from tears, nor from embracing their generals and officers; and then, without waiting for orders, they heaped up a pile of stones, and erected a trophy with broken bucklers and other arms.
Page 245 - ... to spare his fellow-citizens the guilt of innocent blood ? but, if all these motives cannot alter him, and he is not concerned in regard to himself, can he be insensible to the interests of his children ? In what a condition does he leave them : and can he forget the father to remember only the philosopher...
Page 239 - God than my accusers ; and so convinced, that I abandon myself to God and you, that you may judge of me as you shall deem best for yourselves and me.
Page 244 - Perhaps he might fear to expose his friends, or to occasion the loss of their fortunes, or even of their lives or liberty: ought there to be any thing more dear and precious to them than the preservation of Socrates? Even strangers themselves dispute that honour with them, many of whom have come expressly with considerable sums of money to purchase...
Page 254 - Nothing more, replied the servant, than as soon as you have drank off the draught to walk about till you find your legs grow weary, and afterwards lie down upon your bed.
Page 249 - What is it, then, that can induce a philosopher to entertain this love for death ? It can be only the hope of that happiness, which he expects in another life : and that hope can be founded only upon the opinion of the soul's immortality.
Page 64 - Timandra took up his body, and having adorned and covered it with the finest robes she had, she made as magnificent a funeral for it as her present condition would admit. Such was the end of Alcibiades, whose great virtues were stifled and suppressed by still greater vices.