 O, with what ease could I conquer the world, had I the Romans for soldiers, or had they me for their king !" 14. In the progress of the war, Fabri'cius, who afterwards commanded the Roman army, received a letter from the physician of Pyr'rhus, importing...  Elements of History, Ancient and Modern - الصفحة 69بواسطة Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1849 - عدد الصفحات: 408عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1838 - عدد الصفحات: 440
...army of 30,000 men, and twenty elephants ; and the Romans, under the command of the consul Lavi'nus, not being accustomed to the mode of fighting with...Pyrrhus then withdrew his army from Italy, in order to aasist the Sicilians against the Carthaginians ; but he again returned, and made a last effort near... | |
 | Joseph Emerson Worcester - 1848 - عدد الصفحات: 402
...army of 30,000 men, and twenty elephants; and the Romans, under the command of the consul Lavi'nus, not being accustomed to the mode of fighting with...It is easier to turn the sun from his course, than Fabricins from the path of honor :" — and that he might not be outdone in magnanimity, he released... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 866
...brought to Pyr' rhus, he was astonished at the generosity of his enemy, and exclaimed, " It would bo easier to turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from the path of honor." Not to be outdone in magnanimity he released all his prisoners without ransom, and soon after, withdrawing... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1854 - عدد الصفحات: 622
...brought to Pyr' rhus, he was astonished at the generosity of his enemy, and exclaimed, " It would be easier to turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from the path of honor." Not to be outdone in magnanimity he released all hia prisoners without ransom, and soon after, withdrawing... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1863 - عدد الصفحات: 530
...informed Pyrrhus of the treachery. Pyrrhus, admiring the generosity of his enemy, exclaimed: " It would be easier t'o turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from the path of honor." Not willing to be outdone in magnanimity" by the Roman, Pyrrhus released all his Roman prisoners without... | |
 | Ambrose Yoemans Moore - 1868 - عدد الصفحات: 406
...in hostile array, exposed to his enemy the treachery of his physician, who proffered to poison him : 'It is easier to turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from his honesty.' Men of all parties will remember, when the exciting contest of last fall ended in his... | |
 | Christopher Irving - 1870 - عدد الصفحات: 100
...to poison him for a certain reward; but Fabricius sent the letter to Pyrrhus, who, upon reading it, exclaimed. 'It is easier to turn the sun from his course, than Fabricius from the path of honor." CHAPTEK VIII. The first Punic War, A. u. 488. * T. DESCRIBE the origin of this war. P. The Romans,... | |
 | Marcius Willson - 1874 - عدد الصفحات: 624
...brought to Pyr' rhus, he was astonished at the generosity of his enemy, and exclaimed, " It would be easier to turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from the path of honor." Not to be outdone in magnanimity he released all hia prisoners without ransom, and soon after, withdrawing... | |
 | Titus Mooney Merriman - 1875 - عدد الصفحات: 520
...Pyrrhus of the treachery. Pyrrhus, admiring the generosity of his enemy, exclaimed : " It would be easier to turn the sun from his course than Fabricius from the path of honor." Not willing to be outdone in magnanimity by the Roman, Pyrrhus released all his Roman prisoners without... | |
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