 He told them that when he was very young, and lived in the country, an eagle's nest fell into his lap, with seven young ones in it*. His parents, surprised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered, that their son would be the most illustrious...  Plutarch's Lives - Page 43by Plutarch - 1816Full view - About this book
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1881 - 334 pages
...Masscre by Sulla. * " He told his companions that, when he was very young, and lived in the country, an eagle's nest fell into his lap, with seven young ones in it. His parents, sur prised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered that their son would be the most illustrious... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1881 - 786 pages
...his lap, with seven young one* in it* His parents, surprised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered, that their son would be the most illustrious of men, and thai he would . <-n times attain the highest office and authority iu his country. Some lay, this had... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1882 - 798 pages
...Masscre by Sulla. * " He toM his companions that, when he was very young, and lived in the country, an eagle's nest fell into his lap, with seven young...His parents, surprised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered that their son would be the most illustrious of men, and that he would seven... | |
 | Augustus Henry Beesly - 1887 - 232 pages
...the coast again, and Marius implored the men to stand by him, telling them that when he was a child an eagle's nest fell into his lap, with seven young ones in it, and the soothsayers had said that it meant that he should attain to the highest honours seven times.... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1881 - 750 pages
...His parents, surprised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered that their son would lie the most illustrious of men, and that he would seven times attain the highest office and authority in the country."— Plutarch. Death of Sulla. Dictator. Having effected some reforms in the government,... | |
 | John Jacob Anderson - 1899 - 362 pages
...his lap, with seven young ones in it. His parents, surprised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered that their son would be the most illustrious...that he would seven times attain the highest office tnd authority in the country."— Plutart\ Masscre by Sulla. Death of Sulla. D:etator. Having effected... | |
 | Augusta Hale Gifford - 1905 - 840 pages
...consulship was yet awaiting him. He told them that when he was a little boy and liv«i in the country an eagle's nest fell into his lap with seven young ones in it, and that the soothsayers told his parents that their son would be one of the most illustrious of men,... | |
 | Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland) - 1916 - 554 pages
...the coast again, and Marius implored the men to stand by him, telling them that when he was a child an eagle's nest fell into his lap, with seven young ones in it, and the soothsayers had said that it meant that he should attain to the highest honours seven times.... | |
 | Plutarchus - 1884 - 388 pages
...credit of some old prophecies. He told them that when he was very young, and lived in the country, an eagle's nest fell into his lap, with seven young ones in it.1 His parents, surprised at the sight, applied to the diviners, who answered, that their son would... | |
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