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What was your sword doing, Tubero, in that Pharsalian army?

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

Do not shun me, C�sar, From kingly Ptolomy I bring this present, The Crown, and sweat of thy Pharsalian labour: The goal and mark of high ambitious honour.

From The False One by Beaumont, Francis

The Romans record their battle at Cannas, and Pharsalian fields, but they do but record, and we scarce hear of them.

From The Anatomy of Melancholy by Burton, Robert

What meanes my loue to aggrauate my griefe, And torture my enough tormented Soule, With greater greuance then Pharsalian losse?

From The Tragedy Of Caesar's Revenge by Anonymous

The whole left wing was intrusted to the command of Parmenio, who had round his person the Pharsalian regiment of cavalry, which was the strongest and best of all the Thessalian horse regiments.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 02 (From the Rise of Greece to the Christian Era) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)