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yndei (lie yum‘ .excmcigti:;Ag,p:;n.g5‘o:.:i:e stone,‘ iiejgcjciainged,-:<r I
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Hji0p7it7i'egi2zs"'Qf“ tlie &22cients. ‘
am ‘iioiii ham: 5-"-’thi's' is‘ the last a‘iTd' the most ro"r:u'nst2;':diiy of my
‘ life. .
It was customary in”.Greece, oii ceftainkocczisions,,for,priv;;te persons
to iIia1ie,p.i‘e'.<eiit':s to tlieifisoiefeign,‘ as token of ’tl1eii‘ attachment to’
hiiii. when Afcliblaiis Slightly Eiiiiiiriiiias;
poet, foil iiis“ ne‘g1ec‘t, iii iiot appezggivxig ,;‘m'm‘n‘g', the‘ ,c.'1'>u'1'tieifs,i to
offer his present, Eiiiiiiides i'ejilie‘g.i,"-".‘F Wlieiizi poor‘ iI'ia'r‘i',' Sii"c’, coiifefs
a tijhfial favour upon a ijich one, heigenerallyvseemstosolicit a [greater
in return.-‘Ii fvas fr'on'1' this delicacy only thiit I absented rrigiself from
your 'p'n$san‘ce."
. L'y'sip'1')i1s‘ the stkitiiaiijz askcd‘E' 'i""(‘)‘ix'1'iV-iihs',"“','liiel1 (f>f‘t1ita"g'1‘eo.'t g‘f;';‘ist’e'r’s
In the art"ofsi:i1Iptur’c l)‘(i‘6iJ‘g‘lit (6 A'f('($i‘ fii)fic:",Qf
replied"E1ipon‘ip'us 5‘ '(V“Wl.lt ziftei‘-ii;jitiii‘e’, Jyvlio, if,tlie‘ygy'x?ere‘:“ indeed
masters, as you call tlieiii, must hate tziuglit tl1(‘3‘IIll'i"‘7tll'.d I
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Eundsiioikibns Ms 'shex".'fi old Xi-'iioi’ci‘ate's' in-the'Acddemy,-reading
philosophy to his young scholars; and was told, at the same time, that
he was still in pursuit of 'w'vi"rtii‘L-.’-'-“-“ Pooi-‘old sinner," said Eudomo-
“"135: “ when does he expect to find time to practise it.".
When the Generals of F,.x'n,ius llhxiiiiis ridiculed him, ‘for pursuing
dilzitory m'ezisi'ii‘es iigainst Haiiibiil ; lie took no notice of their tiiiints;
but still ;pui‘sued,,,liis“. min , plans,,obscn'ing' at. the same time to his
friends, tliatff li’e'who.,ii‘ra‘s,,afi‘aid jot‘ being’laiig1i’ed i.1i',;.’W'1‘l"S; in, his
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‘opinion, :5. giefiter C5i,V.'2Sl.l;d,L7t.hIZl:I1: he iflio‘ fled fiiini :1n:if:xiEIiiy. L‘
H,‘
. Wheii,FA1iiUs s‘:.ixi‘,;,fx‘ot!(1. ii peiglibouiing 5m'indh:Ct3, Mi11.l1'C,ii15p
one of his gt-iiferzils, was suffering ii defeat, byillilprudelltly iisquing 3
battle, contrary toms ddiiee; Fzibius addressed his folloivers to“1.l'ii'5
c.fFe‘.c‘t z-'-ff-Come; fellbisjr soldiers; if iiiiy oi ’yo1'i)1iziye ii iegard for
niarcus Iiliiiueiiis, 1e’: hiiii follow me, ggiiid ‘eikett himself; for Miiiiiciiis
' d.‘?S8i"V."es‘assiS'tiiii1'i'<: for ‘his. v2i1diii', iin’t‘l’tl1.e love 1i'ebe:ii"s fox‘ his
If iiihisihzisti: to encounter the enemy He‘ has c'b’r'iiiii'itti;-Id any iiitli’s'cfe-
‘- -- .. it .A .5.” ;..:.". Wt" -‘o’ ' ‘
1011. this is not the time to’ ifeproach him with it.‘ ,
. .IiI‘ii'l;l:‘1:ti:'li1g;"tll:f5 igiigagige of Fisiag‘ lilhigisivs, 1335; .gjc‘ne’m11'y iliisty
and infpetuqus i;i,',,Ls‘za,tt1c.=-,“1 ah; away-smomii1aniied.". s:iid.Fab,ius.
" at iiiy frieiiil Miii'ucii1s,'s.s,licces‘ses, tliziii I am‘ at his Iiii5fortfiiies ."
In it eaiirereuce xgiiiich ‘T. 9., in-is:1:;,;p's‘ iiadj‘wiiii.’15iii1ip,,ivelqtive it:
“l?f'=i1c'e,,Phili1i took ,occ2is.ioii‘tt),,s'.13'I-4-‘%“‘ VI;‘lami'nii1's, you ‘conic With 3
."f51'y J11li'iier6'ii‘s re-tiiitieiiilong ‘ivitli, you ; jvlierejziia I comesa1o'nc."P-’-j-’Fla-
miniu's s':irciistic5z1llyi‘e';i1icd.; ff N!).)V'Oil‘LlV(ill, dre:id.1Sir,i tli':it,.)"0.l1i.‘C01'11'9
Fdoncg for yoii-lizive piit todeaitli ZEl1‘l"):(5‘lll' fo1loia"cis.f'. , f" . 1,
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