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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: feti, a friend of Dion's; who, for fome time, entertained them with hofpitality and good faith. Afterwards, ' however, being prevailed on by the enemies of Dion, he put them on board a veflel, under pretence of fending them to the Pelopon- nefus -, but privately ordered the Jailors to kill them in the pafiage, and throw the bodies overboardi Others fay, that they and the infant were thrown alive into the fea. This wretch too paid the forfeit of his villany, for he was put to death by Timoleon; and the Syracufans, to revenge Dion, flew his two daughters: of which I have made more particular mention in the life of Timoleon. $ i M. BR u- M. BRUTUS. THE great anceftor of Marcus Brutus was that Jurtms Brutus to whom the ancient Romans erefted a ftatue of brafs, and placed it in the capitol amongft their kings. He wiis reprefented with a drawn fword in his hand, to-fignify the ipirit ind firmnefs with which he vanquifhed the Tarquins: but, hard-tempered, like the ftecl of which that fword was compofed, and in no degree humanized by education; the fame obdurate feverity which impelled him againft the tyrant, fhut up his natural affection from his children, when he found thofe children confpiring for the fupport of tyranny. On the contrary, that Brutus, whofe life we are now writing, had all the advantages that arife from the cultivation of philofophy. To his fpirit, which was naturally fedate and mild, he gave vigour and activity by conftant application. Upon the whole, he was happily formed to virtue, both by nature and education. Even the partizans of Caefar afcribed to him every thing that had the appearance of honour or generofity in the confpiracy; and all that was of a contrary complexion, they laid to the charge of Caffius; who was, indeed, the friend and relation of Br...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217845403 |
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| ISBN-10 | 0217845401 |
| Weight | 0.84 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.58 In |
| List Price | $28.48 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 256 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-08-01 |
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