Beauties of History; Or, Pictures of Virtue and ViceMozley, 1808 |
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Σελίδα 29
... heart which neither false glory nor false greatness have corrupted . I confess it with grief , I see these noble sentiments daily expire amongst us , es- pecially in persons where birth and rank raise them above others , who too ...
... heart which neither false glory nor false greatness have corrupted . I confess it with grief , I see these noble sentiments daily expire amongst us , es- pecially in persons where birth and rank raise them above others , who too ...
Σελίδα 39
... When wild ambition in the heart we find , Farewell content and quiet of the mind : For glittering clouds we leave the solid shore , And wonted happiness returns no more . to 1 Ambition is the dropsy of the soul , Whose AMBITION . 39.
... When wild ambition in the heart we find , Farewell content and quiet of the mind : For glittering clouds we leave the solid shore , And wonted happiness returns no more . to 1 Ambition is the dropsy of the soul , Whose AMBITION . 39.
Σελίδα 44
... heart , corrupted all his great qualities , and entirely sul- lied his glory . As he did not believe himself so much considered by the senators as he deserved , he threw him- self into a party of the people , and entered into a strict ...
... heart , corrupted all his great qualities , and entirely sul- lied his glory . As he did not believe himself so much considered by the senators as he deserved , he threw him- self into a party of the people , and entered into a strict ...
Σελίδα 45
... hearts of the Romans over all the ties of blood and nature ! Åfter a fair hear- " ing , he was condemned to be thrown from the top of the Capitol ; and the same place which had been the theatre of his glory , became that of his shame ...
... hearts of the Romans over all the ties of blood and nature ! Åfter a fair hear- " ing , he was condemned to be thrown from the top of the Capitol ; and the same place which had been the theatre of his glory , became that of his shame ...
Σελίδα 48
... heart , with which ambi- ' tion and jealousy uniting , had inspired him for that command . Thus , says Plutarch , at the age of seven- ty , the only man who had been seven times consul , and possessing riches that might have sufficed ...
... heart , with which ambi- ' tion and jealousy uniting , had inspired him for that command . Thus , says Plutarch , at the age of seven- ty , the only man who had been seven times consul , and possessing riches that might have sufficed ...
Συχνά εμφανιζόμενοι όροι και φράσεις
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.