Whittaker's Improved Edition of Pinnock's Goldsmith's History of Rome:: To which is Prefixed, an Introduction to the Study of Roman History. A Variety of Valuable Information on the Manners, Institutions, and Antiquities of the Romans, is Added Throughout the Work; with Numerous Biographical and Historical Notes; a Dictionary, Explaining the Most Difficult Words, at the Beginning, and Questions for Examination at the End of Each SectionWhittaker and Company, 1834 - 460 стор. |
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... length are odious to the all - seeing mind ; On great Æneas shall devolve the reign , And sons succeeding sons the lasting line sustain . ILIAD XX . But long before the historic age , Phrygia and the greater part of the western shores ...
... length are odious to the all - seeing mind ; On great Æneas shall devolve the reign , And sons succeeding sons the lasting line sustain . ILIAD XX . But long before the historic age , Phrygia and the greater part of the western shores ...
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... length . After the lapse of nine- teen centuries many parts of it are still as perfect as when it was first made . 23. The Appian road passed through the following towns : Ari'cia , Fo'rum Ap'pii , Anx'ur or Terracina , Fun'di ...
... length . After the lapse of nine- teen centuries many parts of it are still as perfect as when it was first made . 23. The Appian road passed through the following towns : Ari'cia , Fo'rum Ap'pii , Anx'ur or Terracina , Fun'di ...
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... length . According to an almost universal custom , the right of conquest was supposed to involve the right to property of the land . Thus the Normans who assisted William I. were supposed to have obtained a right to the possessions of ...
... length . According to an almost universal custom , the right of conquest was supposed to involve the right to property of the land . Thus the Normans who assisted William I. were supposed to have obtained a right to the possessions of ...
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... length divulged his suspicions to Rom'ulus . Nu'mitor made the same discovery to Re'mus . From that time nothing was thought of but the tyrant's destruction . He was beset on all sides ; and during the amazement and distraction that ...
... length divulged his suspicions to Rom'ulus . Nu'mitor made the same discovery to Re'mus . From that time nothing was thought of but the tyrant's destruction . He was beset on all sides ; and during the amazement and distraction that ...
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... length slew the king , were merely a tumultuary rabble from the country , whose ensigns were bundles of hay suspended from long poles ; these were called manipuli , and hence came the name of manipulares , afterwards given to the troops ...
... length slew the king , were merely a tumultuary rabble from the country , whose ensigns were bundles of hay suspended from long poles ; these were called manipuli , and hence came the name of manipulares , afterwards given to the troops ...
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ancient Antony appointed arms attempt augurs Augustus battle began body Brennus Brutus Cæsar called Camillus camp Capitol Carthage Carthaginians Cassius cavalry chief Cisalpine Gaul citizens Cleopatra comitia command conduct conquest consequence consul Coriola'nus crown death decemviri emperor empire enemy engagement erected Etruria favour followed forces friends Gate Gauls gave Gracchus Hannibal head honour horse infantry inhabitants Italy Jugurtha Julius Cæsar king Latin Latium legions length lictors Liguria Livy Ma'rius magistrate Man'lius means military murder obliged occasion offered oppose patricians peace person plebeians Pompey Pompey's possessed pretended provinces Punic punished Pyrrhus Questions for Examination received reign resolved river Rom'ulus Roman army Rome Sabines Samnites Scipio seemed senate sent Servius Servius Tullius siege slain slave soldiers soon subdued success Tarquin temple thousand tion took town tribes tribunes triumph troops Tullius Tullus Hostilius Tuscan victory Vol'sci
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Сторінка 49 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Сторінка 49 - He heard it, but he heeded not — his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away ; He recked not of the life he lost, nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay. There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother- — he their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday...
Сторінка 446 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Сторінка 49 - Were with his heart, and that was far away : He recked not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay, There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother — he, their sire, Butchered to make a Roman holiday — All this rushed with his blood — Shall he expire And unavenged ? — Arise ! ye Goths, and glut your ire...
Сторінка xv - Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress...
Сторінка 279 - You do not, cannot; you have been his ruin. Who made him cheap at Rome, but Cleopatra? Who made him scorned abroad, but Cleopatra? At Actium, who betrayed him? Cleopatra.
Сторінка 261 - Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world ; Hated by one he loves ; braved by his brother...
Сторінка 406 - A crown ! What is it ? It is to bear the miseries of a people ! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care ! To have your best success...
Сторінка 369 - ANIMULA ! vagula, blandula, Hospes, comesque, corporis, Quae nunc abibis in- loca — Pallidula, rigida, nudula, Nee, ut soles, dabis jocos...
Сторінка 43 - Perseus himself was scarce regarded as he went along, whilst pity had fixed the eyes of the Romans upon the infants, and many of them could not forbear tears : all beheld the sight with a mixture of sorrow and joy, until the children were past.