What revenge did he take?
25.

How did Pompey act on this occasion?
26.

Where was this great contest about to be decided?
SECTION IV.
Each had proposed an empire to be won; Had each once known a Pompey for his son, Had Caesar's soul informed each private breast.
A fiercer fury could not be expressed .-- _Lucan_.
1.

Caesar had employed all his art for some time in sounding the inclinations of his men; and finding his army once more resolute and vigorous, he advanced towards the plains of Pharsa'lia, where Pompey was encamped.
2.

The approach of two armies, composed of the best and bravest troops in the world, together with the greatness of the prize for which they contended, filled every mind with anxiety, though with different expectations.3.