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... Lucullus , Sertorius , Crassus , Pom- peius , Cicero , Cato , M. Brutus , M. Antonius ; and without claiming that all other writers must give way to Plutarch , in regard to the moral estimate to be formed of the characters , we may ...
... Lucullus , Sertorius , Crassus , Pom- peius , Cicero , Cato , M. Brutus , M. Antonius ; and without claiming that all other writers must give way to Plutarch , in regard to the moral estimate to be formed of the characters , we may ...
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... his celebrated gardens were a proof of his immense wealth , which , in fact , descended to Sallustius , the minister of Tiberius . personage whose portraiture in these volumes satisfies us . Lucullus UNDER THE EMPIRE . 207.
... his celebrated gardens were a proof of his immense wealth , which , in fact , descended to Sallustius , the minister of Tiberius . personage whose portraiture in these volumes satisfies us . Lucullus UNDER THE EMPIRE . 207.
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... Lucullus , who would not divide spoil to his army , though he forced them to winter in tents - who kept both the soldiers and the revenue - farmers from the wealth which they coveted- himself managed to amass a colossal fortune . Here ...
... Lucullus , who would not divide spoil to his army , though he forced them to winter in tents - who kept both the soldiers and the revenue - farmers from the wealth which they coveted- himself managed to amass a colossal fortune . Here ...
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... Lucullus , Hor- tensius , Bibulus , and their whole party , only despised him for it ; and hence his misfortunes . He could not get his acts confirmed , or his soldiers rewarded ; and until the former object was attained , ruin impended ...
... Lucullus , Hor- tensius , Bibulus , and their whole party , only despised him for it ; and hence his misfortunes . He could not get his acts confirmed , or his soldiers rewarded ; and until the former object was attained , ruin impended ...
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... Lucullus , nor wavered like Pompeius , nor shifted like Cicero , nor , like Cato , wrapped himself in impracticable pride ; but , equally capable of com- manding men and of courting them , of yielding to events and of moulding them , he ...
... Lucullus , nor wavered like Pompeius , nor shifted like Cicero , nor , like Cato , wrapped himself in impracticable pride ; but , equally capable of com- manding men and of courting them , of yielding to events and of moulding them , he ...
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Sida 433 - Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides. Come, and trip it as you go On the light fantastic toe...
Sida 387 - Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions ; for opinion in good men is but knowledge in the making.
Sida 256 - Now we beseech you, brethren, by the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto him, that ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter as from us, as that the day of Christ is at hand.
Sida 323 - THERE rolls the deep where grew the tree. O earth, what changes hast thou seen ! There where the long street roars, hath been The stillness of the central sea. The hills are shadows, and they flow From form to form, and nothing stands ; They melt like mist, the solid lands, Like clouds they shape themselves and go.
Sida 734 - The body and blood of Christ which are verily and indeed taken and received by the faithful in the Lord's Supper.
Sida 261 - I have said, Ye are gods ; and all of you are children of the most high. 7 But ye shall die like men, and fall like one of the princes.
Sida 308 - It is worthy the observing, that there is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death ; and therefore death is no such terrible enemy when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death ; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it...
Sida 212 - ... counsels, and prayers, have been earnest for the common good of religion and their country, shall receive above the inferior orders of the blessed, the regal addition of principalities, legions, and thrones into their glorious titles, and in supereminence of beatific vision, progressing the dateless and irrevoluble circle of eternity, shall clasp inseparable hands with joy and bliss, in overmeasure for ever.
Sida 579 - But thrown in a heap with a crash and a clatter; Now it is not one thing nor another alone Makes a poem, but rather the general tone, The something pervading, uniting the whole, The before unconceived, unconceivable soul, So that just in removing this trifle or that, you Take away, as it were, a chief limb of the statue; Roots, wood, bark, and leaves singly perfect may be, But, clapt hodge-podge together, they don't make a tree.
Sida 82 - ... for wit lying most in the assemblage of ideas, and putting those together with quickness and variety, wherein can be found any resemblance or congruity, thereby to make up pleasant pictures and agreeable visions in the fancy...