. Thackerayana;. . Democies, surnamed the Beautiful, in order to escape theviolence of Demetrius, threw himself, while still a youth, into avessel of boiling water, which was being prepared to heat a bath,and was scalded to death; preferring to sacrifice his life ratherthan lose his honour.—Vol. VII. p. 374. The Engagement of Pyrrhus with the Consul Aevinus. . Pyrrhus exerted himself without any precaution for hisown security. He overthrew all that opposed him; never losing 44 THACKER A YANA. sight of the duties of a general, he preserved perfect coolness,giving orders as if he were not expose
. Thackerayana;. . Democies, surnamed the Beautiful, in order to escape theviolence of Demetrius, threw himself, while still a youth, into avessel of boiling water, which was being prepared to heat a bath,and was scalded to death; preferring to sacrifice his life ratherthan lose his honour.—Vol. VII. p. 374. The Engagement of Pyrrhus with the Consul Aevinus. . Pyrrhus exerted himself without any precaution for hisown security. He overthrew all that opposed him; never losing 44 THACKER A YANA. sight of the duties of a general, he preserved perfect coolness,giving orders as if he were not exposed to peril j hurrying from. post to post to re-establish the troops who wavered, and support-ing those most assailed.—Vol. VII. p. 404. Death of Pyrrhus at Argos, etc. etc. . Placing confidence in the swiftnessof his charger, Pyrrhus threw himself into themidst of his pursuers. He was fighting des-perately when one of the enemy approachedhim, and. penetrated his javelin through hisarmour. The wound was neither deep nordangerous, and Pyrrhus immediately attackedthe man who had struck him, a mere com-mon soldier, son of a poor woman of the rest of the townswomen, his motherwas observing the conflict from the roof of ahouse, and, seeing her son, who chanced to bebeneath her, engaged with Pyrrhus, she wasseized with fright at the great danger to whichher child was exposed, and raising a heavytile, with both hands, she hurled it on Pyrrhus.
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