Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and ViceMozley, 1808 |
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Σελίδα vii
... young prince of Armenia to the princess Pliny to Hispulla ... Pliny to his wife Calphurnia Cicero to his wife Terentia Character of a good husband Character of a good wife AFFECTION , PARENTAL . SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN Zeleucus ...
... young prince of Armenia to the princess Pliny to Hispulla ... Pliny to his wife Calphurnia Cicero to his wife Terentia Character of a good husband Character of a good wife AFFECTION , PARENTAL . SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN Zeleucus ...
Σελίδα viii
... Young Manlius , son of the Roman dictator The son of Quintus , brother to Cicero the Ro- man orator A concise account of Cicero's escape during the proscription under the second triumvirate of Rome , and the manner of his being appre ...
... Young Manlius , son of the Roman dictator The son of Quintus , brother to Cicero the Ro- man orator A concise account of Cicero's escape during the proscription under the second triumvirate of Rome , and the manner of his being appre ...
Σελίδα ix
... 67 Marcus Aurelius 68 Mark Anthony 68 Cato 68 CHASTITY . -SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN Phocais , an Ionian lady Elizabeth , the young widow of Sir John Grey .. 70 68 69 IN Lucretia Reflections on her death The conduct of a CONTENTS . ix.
... 67 Marcus Aurelius 68 Mark Anthony 68 Cato 68 CHASTITY . -SENTIMENTS . EXAMPLES . IN Phocais , an Ionian lady Elizabeth , the young widow of Sir John Grey .. 70 68 69 IN Lucretia Reflections on her death The conduct of a CONTENTS . ix.
Σελίδα xi
... Young Manlius Cyrus 116 117 118 120 .. 120 122 127 .... Jane of Flanders , wife of Charles de Blois Leonidas , and his three hundred men Lord Clive , at the siege of Arcot in India The Reverend Mr. Walker , at the siege of Londonderry ...
... Young Manlius Cyrus 116 117 118 120 .. 120 122 127 .... Jane of Flanders , wife of Charles de Blois Leonidas , and his three hundred men Lord Clive , at the siege of Arcot in India The Reverend Mr. Walker , at the siege of Londonderry ...
Σελίδα 6
... young prince of Armenia , together with his beautiful and blooming princess , whom he had lately married , and of whom he was passionately fond . When both were brought to the tribunal , Cyrus asked the prince what he would give to be ...
... young prince of Armenia , together with his beautiful and blooming princess , whom he had lately married , and of whom he was passionately fond . When both were brought to the tribunal , Cyrus asked the prince what he would give to be ...
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admiration affection Agesistrata Alexander ambition Antigonus army Artabazanes Astyages beauty body brother Brutus Carthaginians Cassander Clitus command conduct consul courage court cried Croesus crown cruel cruelty Cyrus Damophilus Darius daughter death desired endeavoured enemy Epaminondas esteem example Falisci father favour force fortune friendship Gauls gave give glory gods Greece hands happy hath heart HIST honour human hundred husband Julius Cæsar king king's kingdom lady laws Leonidas liberty lives lord Lysimachus Macedon manner master ment mind mother nature never noble obliged occasion officers parents passion Persians person Phocion pleasure PLUT Plutarch Polybius present prince prisoners punishment queen regard Roman Rome says Scipio senate sent SENTIMENTS slaves soldiers Solon soon suffer Tarquinii tears tenderness ther thing thou thought thousand Thrasybulus throne tion took troops tyrant victory virtue whole wife word XENOPH Xerxes young youth
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Σελίδα 183 - And it is pity that commonly more care is had, yea, and that amongst very wise men, to find out rather a cunning man for their horse than a cunning man for their children.
Σελίδα 14 - She openeth her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She looketh well to the ways of her household and eateth not the bread of idleness. Her children arise up and call her blessed, her husband also, and he praiseth her.
Σελίδα 56 - I have sought the Lord night and day, that He would rather slay me than put me upon the doing of this work.
Σελίδα 188 - Train up a child in the way that he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Σελίδα 240 - Pale, cold, and half speechless in the arms of his Damon, Pythias replied in broken accents, " Fatal haste ! — Cruel impatience! — What envious powers have wrought impossibilities in your favour? But I will not be wholly disappointed. Since I cannot die to save, I will not survive you.
Σελίδα 227 - They were accompanied by three hundred and sixty five youths, agreeable to the number of days in a year, clothed in purple robes. Afterwards came a chariot consecrated to Jupiter/ drawn by white horses, and followed by a courser of a prodigious size, to whom they gave the name of the sun's horse ; and the equerries were dressed in white, each...
Σελίδα 152 - ... assured the pope that all was transacted by the express will and command of the king, it was immediately decreed that the pope should march with his cardinals to the church of St. Mark, and in the most solemn manner give thanks to God for so great a blessing conferred on the See of Rome, and the Christian world...
Σελίδα 275 - Then accosting the Spaniard, he said, " Christian, the person you have killed is my son : his body is now in my house. You ought to suffer ; but you have eaten with me, and I have given you my faith, which must not be broken.
Σελίδα 273 - Good unexpected, evils unforeseen, Appear by turns, as fortune shifts the scene: Some, rais'd aloft, come tumbling down amain; Then fall so hard, they bound and rise again.
Σελίδα 238 - This the tyrant intended peremptorily to refuse, by granting it, as he conceived, on the impossible conditions of his procuring some one to remain as hostage for his return, under equal forfeiture of life. Pythias heard the conditions, and did not wait for an application upon the part of Damon : he instantly offered himself as security for his friend; which being accepted, Damon was immediately set at liberty.