...king. Fabri'cius, indignant at so base a proposal, gave immediate information of it to Pyr'rhus, tovho, admiring the generosity of his enemy, exclaimed ;...Pyrrhus then withdrew his army from Italy, in order to assist the Sicilians against the Carthaginians ; but he again returned, and made a last effort near...

...purified rather than scathed by the flames ! How many times has the splendid tribute ever been paid, "It is easier to turn the sun from his course, than Fabricius from his virtue ?" For an Aristides, a Phocion, or a Demosthenes, how many examples has the world given...

...army of 30,000 men, and twenty elephants; and the Romans, under the com mand of the consul Lcevi'niis, not being accustomed to the mode of fighting with...Pyrrhus then withdrew his army from Italy, in order to assist the Sicilians against the Carthaginians; but he again returned, and made a last effort near...

...Romans for soldiers, or had they me for their'king ! " 14. In .the progress of the war, Fabri'ciiis, who afterwards commanded the Roman army, received...Pyrrhus then withdrew his army from Italy, in order to assist the Sicilians against the Carthaginians ; but he again returned, and made a last effort near...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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...

...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,...

...Fubri'cius, who nfterwardi commanded the Roman army, received a letter from the phy« jician of Pynhus, importing that for a proper reward he would poison...Pyrrhus then withdrew his army from Italy, in order to assist the Sicilians against the Carthaginians ; but he again returned, and made a last effort near...