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Page 144
... noble enclosures , large courts , such as never yet introduced any story , fable , or poetic fiction ; but , beginning it late , ended his life before his work ; and the reader's regret for the unfinished part is the greater , as the ...
... noble enclosures , large courts , such as never yet introduced any story , fable , or poetic fiction ; but , beginning it late , ended his life before his work ; and the reader's regret for the unfinished part is the greater , as the ...
Page 289
... noble act combining the highest valour , wisdom , and humanity . On the other side , it does not appear that Pericles was ever so overreached as Fabius was by Hannibal with his flaming oxen . His enemy there had , without his agency ...
... noble act combining the highest valour , wisdom , and humanity . On the other side , it does not appear that Pericles was ever so overreached as Fabius was by Hannibal with his flaming oxen . His enemy there had , without his agency ...
Page 545
... noble , as it is , to feed on coarse bread , and drink the same wine with our hinds , and not to covet purple , and plastered houses , neither Aristides , nor Epaminondas , nor Manius Curius , nor Caius Fabricius wanted necessaries ...
... noble , as it is , to feed on coarse bread , and drink the same wine with our hinds , and not to covet purple , and plastered houses , neither Aristides , nor Epaminondas , nor Manius Curius , nor Caius Fabricius wanted necessaries ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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