Plutarch's Lives, Volume 1J.M. Dent, 1961 |
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Page 36
... turned some pieces of the work to ridicule , and obstructed others ; at last , as he was in con- tempt leaping over it , some say Romulus himself struck him , others Celer , one of his companions ; he fell , however , and in the scuffle ...
... turned some pieces of the work to ridicule , and obstructed others ; at last , as he was in con- tempt leaping over it , some say Romulus himself struck him , others Celer , one of his companions ; he fell , however , and in the scuffle ...
Page 148
... turned aside his face , nor allowed the least glance of pity to soften and smooth his aspect of rigour and austerity , but sternly watched his children suffer , even till the lictors , extending them on the ground , cut off their heads ...
... turned aside his face , nor allowed the least glance of pity to soften and smooth his aspect of rigour and austerity , but sternly watched his children suffer , even till the lictors , extending them on the ground , cut off their heads ...
Page 194
... turned the water . And now the senate , in the tenth year of the war , taking away all other commands , created Camillus dictator , who chose Cornelius Scipio for his general of horse . And in the first place he made vows unto the gods ...
... turned the water . And now the senate , in the tenth year of the war , taking away all other commands , created Camillus dictator , who chose Cornelius Scipio for his general of horse . And in the first place he made vows unto the gods ...
Contents
THE COMPARISON OF ROMULUS WITH THESEUS | 56 |
NUMA POMPILIUS | 91 |
THE COMPARISON OF NUMA WITH LYCURGUS | 114 |
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