 | Plutarchus - 1813 - 522 pages
...were to be in conference. Accordingly this was done, and, upon a sign given, the curtain was drawn; and the elephant, raising his trunk over the head of Fabricius, made a horrid and frightful noise. Fabricius turned^about without being in the least discomposed, and said... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1816 - 314 pages
...noise. Fabricius turned round without being in the least discomposed, and said to Pyrrhus, smiling; " Neither your gold yesterday, nor your beast to-day, has made any impression upon me." In the evening, the conversation at table turned on many subjects, but chiefly upon Greece... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1819 - 538 pages
...frightful noise. Fabricius turned round, without the least discomposure, and said to Pyrrhus, smiling, " Neither your " gold yesterday, nor your beast to-day, has made '* any impression upon me." In the evening, the conversation at table turned upon many subjects, but chiefly upon Greece... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1821 - 378 pages
...they were to be in conference. Accordingly this was done, and upon a sign given, the curtain drawn ; and the elephant raising his trunk over the head of Fabricius, made a horrid and frightful noise. Fabricius turned about without being in the least discomposed, and said... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1822 - 504 pages
...they were to be in conference. Accordingly this was done, and, upon a sign given, the curtain drawn ; and the elephant raising his trunk over the head of Fabricius, made a horrid and frightful noise. Fabricius turned about without being in the least discomposed, and said... | |
 | John Ranking - Circus - 1826 - 560 pages
...curtain in the room where they were to be in conference. On a sign being given, the curtain was drawn, and the elephant, raising his trunk over the head of Fabricius, made a horrid and terrifying roar. The Roman turned about without being in the least discomposed, and said... | |
 | James Rennie - Animals - 1831 - 434 pages
...concessions which he could not obtain by his bribes. The honest and undaunted warrior with a smile said, " Neither your gold yesterday nor your beast to-day has made any impression upon me*." Within four years after the battle of Heraclea the elephants of Pyrrhus had ceased to be... | |
 | James Rennie - Elephants - 1831 - 422 pages
...concessions which he could not obtain by his bribes. The honest and undaunted warrior with a smile said, " Neither your gold yesterday nor your beast to-day has made any impression upon me*." Within four years after the battle of Heraclea the elephants of Pyrrhus had ceased to be... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 444 pages
...they were to be in conference. Accordingly this was done, and upon a sign given, the curtain drawn ; and the elephant raising his trunk over the head of Fabricius, made a horrid and frightful noise. Fabricius turned about, without being in the least discomposed, and said... | |
 | Plutarch - Greece - 1832 - 446 pages
...noise. Fabricius turned about, without being in the least discomposed, and said to Pyrrhus, smiling, " Neither your gold yesterday, nor your beast to-day, has made any impression upon me." After this, Fabricius being consul,* on unknown person came to his camp with a letter from... | |
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neither your money yesterday, nor this beast to-day make any impression upon me." At supper, amongst all sorts of things that were discoursed of, but more particularly Greece and the philosophers there, Cineas, by accident... 
