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A55198Antigonus, after the Victory, ask''d the Macedonians, to try them, how it hapned the Horse had charged without order before the Signal?
A55198But that which happen''d in our own Time, will make all these credible?
A55198But to one who knew him, and ask''d him, If he durst not trust his native Countrey?
A55198Can it pass for the property of a noble Mind and a gallant Person, to preserve the memory of Affronts and ill Vsage?
A55198Charon was at first disturb''d, but presently return''d, who are they?
A55198Does it become you thus to comply with Passion, and yield all things to a sense of Injuries?
A55198Dost thou think that we are unwilling to requite with favour those who have well deserved, and who are honoured even by our Enemies?
A55198Is it not probable therefore, that, not keeping the cold from him abroad, he wants food and other necessaries at home?
A55198Putting forth his ● oe, ask''d them, Whether it was not new, and ● ell made?
A55198Shall we perpetually fight with him, who both in prosperous and adverse successes hath modesty to cover his fierceness and boldness?
A55198She catching him about the Neck and kissing him, said, O Father, know you not that our Perseus is dead?
A55198This Person being highly ● ● am''d by his Friends, who demanded, ● as she not chaste?
A55198Was she not fair?
A55198When they were met, he said; What is it you intend, you Men of Sparta?
A55198Whereof Hannibal being advertised, O strange saith he, what will you do with this man, who can bear neither good nor bad fortune?
A55198Whether Titus were not deservedly admired by them as their Benefactour, who had unshackled the feet of Greece, and tied her up by the Neck?
A55198and who conceals them?
A55198do you thus take away from my Victory, and make my Conquest little, by proving your self a Coward and a Foe below a Roman?
A55198what Confusion, what Envy, what mutual Jealousie appears?
A55198what Venus, or what Grace divine, Touch''d the Performance here, and made it shine?
A55198what is it you have done to me, and whither am I reduc''d by it?
A55198— But what were these Men, and what strength had they to nourish so vain a Thought?
A55198● as she not fruitful?
A55194( for it was granted by the Platonists that there was but one:) and why should not many Jupiters or Gods be necessary, for Government of many Worlds?
A55194And where was common humanity, in railing against the dead?
A55194Another ask''d him why he allow''d of so mean and trivial Sacrifices to the Gods?
A55194But what Plutarch can this age produce to immortallize a life so Noble?
A55194Considering therefore with my self Whom with so great a man shall I compare?
A55194Damaratus being ask''d, in an † abusive manner by an importunate fellow, Who was the best man in Lacedaemon?
A55194For what proportion of glory is there betwixt a Roman Consul, or Proconsul of so great a Common- wealth, and a simple Citizen of Athens?
A55194How''s this,( Mr. Varlet,) answered Plutarch, by what signes and tokens, can you prove I am in passion?
A55194Is it by my Countenance, my voice, the colour of my face, by my words, or by my gestures, that you have discover''d this my fury?
A55194Or heave up Pike?
A55194Or whom oppose?
A55194This done he set sail for Delphos, and having sacrific''d to Apollo, ask''d him, Whether he approv''d of the Laws he had establish''d?
A55194What difference was there then between these several customs?
A55194What he thought of such an action of such a man?
A55194What then( may some say) hath Rome been prejudiced by her Wars?
A55194What, says Croesus angry, and dost not thou reckon us amongst the happy men?
A55194When one of Eretria began to oppose him, he said, Have you any thing to say of War, that are like an* Ink- Fish?
A55194Where was the Morality of a Philosopher, in defaming and exposing of an harmless fool?
A55194Wherein( say they) have we injured or offended you, that we formerly have, and now do suffer under these Calamities?
A55194Who''s that, I pray''?
A55194Why wilt not carry Lance or Spear?
A55194but what was his name?
A55194said he, and what does that there differ from this, onely that that which hath caused that darkness there, is something greater than a Cloak?
A55194what makes thee fear, As if thou didst the Soul of Teles* wear?
A55194who can the tryal bear?
A55194who would cheat and circumvent, be brib''d or turn Knight of the Post to compass it?
A55194who would injustly detein it?
A55194with the Bones of the Fish Maena?
A55194† He seems to allude to the Questions which us''d to be put to the young Lads, as, Who is the best man in Sparta?
A55202And he who is brought in by Eupolis( in his Maricas) representing a good simple Poor Man: How long( Friend) since thou last saw Nicias?
A55202And what the wiser he for seeing him, unless he had a Spell from him?
A55202As Mithridates drew near and put out his hand, Sylla demanded, Whether he was willing or no to end the War on what Archelaus had agreed to?
A55202B. VVell, And who hinders thee?
A55202Being taken therewith, and understanding that they were Men of Alaeae, What, said he, be there any of Alaeae surviving?
A55202But did not Cimon also suffer like him in this?
A55202But they were imposed upon, by the Mithridatians; who shewing them the Romans Encamped on the Hills, Do ye see those, said they?
A55202Cicero saluted him, and asked him, How he stood affected to disputing?
A55202Cineas after a little Pause, and having subdu''d Italy, what shall we do next?
A55202Do you think I am less provident than Cranes and Storks, not to change my habitation with the season?
A55202How intolerably cold is this Bath of yours?
A55202Oh Sir, you design to leave us to go home and stand for the Consulship, would not you be well enough contented to be Consul with this Boy of mine?
A55202Or does the defeat of Carbo and Caepio, who were vanquished by the Enemy, affright him?
A55202Or they came to put again the Leontins in Possession of their Houses?
A55202The Athenians presently replyed, Why then do not you go with a Squadron against them?
A55202Therefore( rejoyned Onomarchus,) now you have found such a Man, why do n''t you submit quietly to his pleasure?
A55202These Conquests once perfected, will any deny, even that Enemy who now pretends to despise us, dare not make any further resistance?
A55202Think you( ye Sots) to take a good Man in any Crime?
A55202What Effeminacy does Marius see in us, that he should thus like Women lock us up from encountering our Enemies?
A55202What King more powerfull than Mithridates?
A55202What happy hand the fatal Monster slew?
A55202What then induced them so particularly to honor Cimon?
A55202What, must we never have an end of Fighting?
A55202When Cineas had lead Pyrrhus with this Argument to this Point: And what hinders us now, Sir, if we have a mind to be merry, and entertain on another?
A55202Who of the Italians sturdier than Lamponius and Telesinus?
A55202Who thereupon called Taxiles, and in derision said, Do you not see this invincible Army of the Romans flying?
A55202Why then, replyed they, do you not lead us to them, that we may have something that is liquid though it be Bloud?
A55202You speak, says Cineas, what is hugely probable, but shall the possession of Sicily put an end to the War?
A55202and as to the Ships, denies he that Article?
A55202and to me Roman General and Sylla dar''st talk of Treason?
A55206Afterwards when some accus''d Brutus to him, and advis''d him to beware of him, taking hold of his Flesh with his Hand, he said, What?
A55206And another time to the Samians: Your Councils are careless, your Actions slow; what think ye will be the end?
A55206And then, What he thought of Demades?
A55206And when Brutus ask''d him, In how much better a Condition he hoped to be a Year after?
A55206Antony seeing the heap ask''d what it meant?
A55206Are you the only Person that are afraid you shall not hear the Trumpet?
A55206Artosyras, that it is my master Cyrus?
A55206At a Hunt Tiribazus having shew''d him that his Robe was rent, he demanded of him what he should do?
A55206At length, exceedingly exasperated, he asked the Philosopher in a great rage, what business he had in Sicily?
A55206At which words when Casca was surpriz''d, the other said laughing, How come you to be so rich of a sudden, that you should stand to be chosen Aedile?
A55206Brutus boldly ask''d it, What art thou?
A55206But Dionysodorus the Traezenian correcting him, restores the true one which is thus, Who Fathers praise except degenerate Sons?
A55206But she who gave her the most disturbance was Statira, who passionately resented this War, and cry''d out; what is now become of your Promises?
A55206But what, says Cass ● s, if they should send for us?
A55206By which having free''d him that had been guilty of Treason against his Brother, you have embroil''d us in War and Troubles?
A55206Caesar presently snatching hold of the Handle of the Dagger and crying out aloud in Latin, Villain Casca what dost thou?
A55206Demosthenes being amazed to feel how heavy it was, ask''d him what price it would come for?
A55206For being asked what kind of Orator he accounted Demosthenes?
A55206Fortune has now given you the sole dispose of us; how will you determine concerning her in these her necessitous Circumstances?
A55206Has he killed his Mother, or murdered his Wife, or disparaged the Imperial Throne, by acting the Fools part on the Stage?
A55206Him Brutus visited and finding him sick, O Lygarius, says he, what a time have you found out to be sick in?
A55206How entire their Satisfaction, who totally subverted the most potent Tyranny that ever was, by very slight and inconsiderable Means?
A55206How seems she to you now?
A55206Man or God?
A55206May it be happy and propitious?
A55206Or in what Relation must she salute you, as her Vncle, or as her Husband?
A55206Or, upon what Business dost thou come to us?
A55206They were but just escaped when the Guard press''d into the Room; asking what was become of Caesar''s Enemies?
A55206Thou Son of blind Antigonus, Whither dost mean to hurry us?
A55206To Demades saying Demosthenes teach me?
A55206To this, Brutus, with great indignation, reply''d, Why then, Casca, do you tell me of this, and not do your self what you think fitting?
A55206To which Cassius with some Concern answer''d, But what Roman will suffer you to die?
A55206To whom he being a little pot- valiant, replied, What are these things Sparamixes?
A55206What if Heraclides be perfidious, malicious, and base, must Dion therefore sully his Honor, or injure his Vertue by a passionate Concern for it?
A55206What of your Intercessions?
A55206What tho Nero''s miscarriages( says he) gave some colour to their former treachery, yet what pretence have they to betray Galba?
A55206What, do you not know your self, Brutus?
A55206Whence then( may some say) was it that Aeschines speaks of him as a Person so much to be wondred at for his boldness in speaking?
A55206Whereupon a certain Droll stood up, saying, O ye Men of Athens, What, Will you not hear the King''s Cup- bearer?
A55206do ye think that Brutus will not wait out the time of this little Body?
A55206greater than doing Justice?
A55206have I suffered nothing?
A55206said he, are they flocking?
A55203( said he) does he come against us, as against men?
A55203( said they) and who is it we refuse to obey?
A55203After him Hyperides set upon him, demanding of Phocion when the time would come, he would advise the Athenians to make War?
A55203Agesilaus in scorn asked, Why they were not ready to receive them?
A55203Agis answering He was: And when did Lycurgus( reply''d Leonidas) cancel Debts, or admit of Strangers?
A55203Alexander enquired, To whom the Woman belong''d?
A55203And Cleomenes guessing at his meaning, reply''d, What do you say, Lysandridas, sure you will not advise me to restore your City to you again?
A55203And because the Person who made the Reflections, had been suspected for Sodomy, With what face, said he, can you compare Cornelia with your self?
A55203And do you sit silent here to watch me?
A55203And had I not been miserable with less dishonour, if I had met with a more severe and inhumane Enemy?
A55203And if you do not, said Philip, what will you forfeit for your Rashness?
A55203And in Utica declare War against him, from whom Cato and Pompey the great fled out of Italy?
A55203And the last being ask''d, How long he thought it decent for a Man to live?
A55203And when the King ask''d her, Who she was?
A55203And which of us is a Scipio, a Pompey, or a Cato?
A55203And who is it that scratcheth his Head so nicely with one Finger?
A55203And you, young man, why do n''t you bind your Fathers Hands behind him, that when Caesar comes, he may find me unable to defend my self?
A55203Are we not still Masters of our own Swords?
A55203Are ye still to learn, said he, the End and Perfection of our Victories is to avoid the Vices and Infirmities of those whom we subdue?
A55203At last Cleomenes venturing to tell her, she laugh''d heartily, and said, Was this the thing that you had often a mind to tell me; and was afraid?
A55203But must I be disarm''d, and hindred from using my own Reason?
A55203But now that all Men make their Honour give way to their Fear; shall we alone engage for the Liberty of Rome?
A55203But when they began to reason among themselves, the Fear they had of Coesar soon overcame the Reverence they bore to Cato: For who are we?
A55203Caesar ask''d him, Whether he saw any thing in the Entrails, which promis''d an happy Event?
A55203Caesar call''d him by his Name, and said, What hopes, C. Crassinius, and what grounds for encouragement?
A55203Caesar presently ask''d him, Why do n''t you then out of the same fear keep at home?
A55203Cleomenes seeing him landing,( for he was then walking upon the Key) kindly saluted him, and ask''d, What Business brought him to Aegypt?
A55203Do n''t you remember, saith he, you are Caesar; and will you abate any thing of that Honor which is due to your Dignity?
A55203Do not you know, said he, that Jupiter is represented to have Justice and Law on each Hand of him?
A55203Do you think People, if they had receiv''d no Injury, would come such a Journey only to calumniate your Father?
A55203Epaminondas again asked him, What grounds he had for demanding liberty for Sparta?
A55203Epaminondas briskly returned the Question, Whether it were sit that Sparta should live by hers?
A55203For how is it probable that he would have been tender of his Life, who was so bitter against his Memory?
A55203Have I not suffer''d something more injurious and deplorable in her Life- time?
A55203He answered, His Brother: And being asked, Whom next?
A55203He ask''d him then before them all, Whether Lycurgus were not in his opinion a vast and a wise Man?
A55203He ask''d them to whom they were carrying the Water?
A55203He bid the fourth tell him, What Arguments he us''d to Sabbas to perswade him to Revolt?
A55203He refus''d to comply; but the presently pull''d him forward, and ask''d him, who he was, and whence?
A55203He was scarce suffer''d to be heard, when he demanded, if they intended to put them to death by form of Law or not?
A55203His Question to the third was, Which was the craftiest Animal?
A55203How much better might my Lot have fall''n among the inglorious Crowd, unknown or unregarded?
A55203I see thou rejoycest in thy Conquest, and for what cause I pritthee?
A55203If there shall be no end of this Warfare but with that of my Life?
A55203Is it not that Caesar, to whom all the Power of Rome has submitted?
A55203Is it that instead of one, we might appear meaner than two, whilst we fly Antigonus, and flatter Ptolomy?
A55203Menander, in one of his Comedies, alludes to this wonderful Event, when he says, How this Resembles Alexander''s high Exploits?
A55203Nor was Caesar without suspicions of him, so that he took occasion to say to his Friends, What do you think Cassius drives at?
A55203Of the fifth he ask''d, Which was eldest, Night or Day?
A55203Of the second, he desir''d to know, Whether the Sea or Land produc''d the largest Beasts?
A55203One of his Friends that stood by, askt him, if he would have any thing to his Son?
A55203One of the Rabble who saw him there, ask''d another, Who that was?
A55203Or can you bring any Reason to prove, that it is not base, and unworthy Cato, when he can find his Safety no other way, to seek it from his Enemy?
A55203Or, is it for your Mother''s sake that you retreat to Aegypt?
A55203Or, shall we sit lazily in Aegypt enquiring what News from Sparta?
A55203Others again affirm, that she wholly declin''d this Vanity, and was wo nt to say, Will Alexander never leave making Juno jealous of me?
A55203Others say, he only adk''d him the Reason, Why Alexander undertook so long a Voyage to come into those Parts?
A55203Phocion taking notice of a poor old Fellow in a tatter''d Coat passing by, asked them, If they thought him in worse condition than that poor Wretch?
A55203Shall we set free our Slaves against Caesar, who have our selves no more Liberty than he is pleas''d to allow?
A55203She being amazed, answer''d, but why so suddenly?
A55203So that at last he had wasted or engag''d almost all the Crown- Lands, which giving Perdiccas an occasion to ask him, What he would leave himself?
A55203Some answer''d, According to Law: He reply''d, How should that be done, except we have a fair Hearing?
A55203The Answer of the seventh to his Question, How a Man might be a God?
A55203The ancient Leonidas( as Story saith) being ask''d, What manner of Poet he thought Tyrtoeus?
A55203The day before this Assassination, he supp''d with M. Lepidus; as he was signing some Letters, there arose a Dispute what sort of Death was the best?
A55203The first being ask''d, Which he thought most numerous, the Dead or the Living?
A55203The old Man charm, d with his Magnanimity and Courtesie ask''d him, What his Countreymen should do to merit his Friendship?
A55203Then he first seem''d to have recover''d his senses; and when he had said to himself, What, into my Camp too?
A55203They ask''d him, Whether now at least he did not repent his Rashness?
A55203They asked him, Who he was?
A55203This looking like a Paradox, the Accusers ask''d him, why he parted with his Wife?
A55203This nettled Alexander so, that throwing one of the Cups at his Head, You Villain, said he, what am I then, a Bastard?
A55203This sawcy Companion asking Phocion, if he durst presume to perswade the Athenians to Peace now their Swords were in their hands?
A55203What Man is that, that is to seek for a Man?
A55203What an endless Train of War is here?
A55203What( said the King) art thou Callipides the Scaramonchio?
A55203When Porus was taken Prisoner, and Alexander ask''d him, How he expected to be us''d?
A55203When all that failed, he boldly accosted him, and asked him, Whether he knew him not?
A55203When at last, and where will this Caesar let us be quiet?
A55203When he had said this, he ask''d Crassus and Pompey, who sat on each side of him, Whether they consented to the Bills he had propos''d?
A55203While he was yet very young; to some that asked him, Whom he loved best?
A55203Whither do we madly sail, flying that which is near, and seeking that which is far removed?
A55203Who had taken away his Sword?
A55203Why do not you put me on ship board, and send this Carkase where it may be most servicable to Sparta, before Age wastes it unprofitably here?
A55203Why does no body persuade me by Reason, or teach me what is better, if I have design''d any thing that''s ill?
A55203and how prudent, if I had follow''d his Destiny, as I design''d?
A55203and if he had not, why did he take her again?
A55203and if not one, why the other?
A55203and when he would come?
A55203and whom Antigonus hath been pleas''d to make Governour of Lacedaemon?
A55203have you brought forth such Children as she has done?
A55203how great is the Calamity of the Persians?
A55203in Greece how ill Affairs are govern''d?
A55203into the very Camp?
A55203or what means this hast?
A55203or who could with any patience hear his Friends, if they should pretend to defend his Government as not Arbitrary and Tyrannical?
A55203what dost thou mean?
A55203will not you, as well as your Brother, intercede with your Vncle in our behalf?
A55203will you ne''r leave prating of Laws to us that have Swords by our sides?