 When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Philip of Macedon said of Demosthenes, on hearing the report of one of his orations, " Had I been there, he would have persuaded me to take up arms against...  Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson ... - Página 64por Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1880Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Plutarch - 1803 - 406 páginas
...the kings of Lacedxmon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he ?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1816 - 328 páginas
...Archidamus, one of the kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles or he?" he replied ; " When I throw him, he says he was never...he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1821 - 380 páginas
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, " When 1 throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Periclea when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 502 páginas
...kings of Lacedsmon, asked him, — " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he ?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 1822 - 378 páginas
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, " Which was the best wrestler, Pericles or he ?" he replied, " When 1 throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe him." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1828 - 468 páginas
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him,. — "Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 1831 - 380 páginas
...the kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, ' Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he ?' he answered, ' When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so.' Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles when he had to speak in public, that he always first addressed... | |
 | Plutarch - 1834 - 544 páginas
...kings of Lacedoemon, asked him,.—” Which was the best wrest¿ler, Pericles, or he?” he answered, “When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so.” Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 2009 - 354 páginas
...the kings of Lacedaemon, asked him,.—"Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, "When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
 | Plutarch - 1840 - 472 páginas
...kings of Lacedaemon, asked him, — "Which was the best wrestler, Pericles, or he?" he answered, " When I throw him, he says he was never down, and he persuades the very spectators to believe so." Yet such was the solicitude of Pericles, when he had to speak in public, that he always first... | |
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