Tacitus. Tr. by A. Murphy, Band 5 |
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... practice of biography to record the lives of eminent men - II . The custom dangerous under tyrannic power - III . Liberty of sentiment under the reign of Trajan - IV . Birth and parentage of Agricola ; his education , and studies of his ...
... practice of biography to record the lives of eminent men - II . The custom dangerous under tyrannic power - III . Liberty of sentiment under the reign of Trajan - IV . Birth and parentage of Agricola ; his education , and studies of his ...
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... practices that pre- vailed at the bar , and therefore resolved to devote the rest of his time to poetry and the muses - 11 . An apology for the rhetoricians ; the praise of Quintilian ; true eloquence died with Cicero - 13 . The loss of ...
... practices that pre- vailed at the bar , and therefore resolved to devote the rest of his time to poetry and the muses - 11 . An apology for the rhetoricians ; the praise of Quintilian ; true eloquence died with Cicero - 13 . The loss of ...
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... practice of circumcision . All who embrace their faith submit to the same operation . The first elements of their religion teach their proselytes to despise the gods , to abjure their country , and forget their parents , their brothers ...
... practice of circumcision . All who embrace their faith submit to the same operation . The first elements of their religion teach their proselytes to despise the gods , to abjure their country , and forget their parents , their brothers ...
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... practice of burning the bodies of the deceased sprung originally from a design to prevent any outrage to the bodies from their ene- mies . Sylla , among the Romans , was the first of his family who ordered his body to be burnt , lest ...
... practice of burning the bodies of the deceased sprung originally from a design to prevent any outrage to the bodies from their ene- mies . Sylla , among the Romans , was the first of his family who ordered his body to be burnt , lest ...
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... practice . They were lightly armed , and their size and stature enabled them to wade through the waters . XV . The Batavians advanced near enough to insult the Romans . An engagement followed . The legions were thrown into disorder ...
... practice . They were lightly armed , and their size and stature enabled them to wade through the waters . XV . The Batavians advanced near enough to insult the Romans . An engagement followed . The legions were thrown into disorder ...
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Agricola ambition ancient Aper ardor arms army authority barbarians Batavians battle body Britain Britons Brotier Caligula called Calvus camp Cattians cause Cerealis character chief Cicero civil command court Crassus danger death Demosthenes dialogue dignity Domitian elegant eloquence eminent emperor enemy fame father fierce florished followed friends fury Gaul genius Germans give glory Hercynian Forest honor horses island Jerusalem Jews Josephus Julius Cæsar king knowlege legions liberty lived manner master Maternus ment Messala military mind Montesquieu nations nature Nerva never observes occasion opinion orator oratory passions Pliny Plutarch poet praise present prince province Quintilian rank reign Rhine Roman Rome Saleius Bassus Salic Salic law Sarmatians savage says Secundus senate Seneca sentiments sion slaves soldiers spirit style Suetonius Suevians Suiones sword Tacitus taste temple thing tion Titus true valor Vespasian victory vigor virtue warlike whole
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Seite 267 - Look then abroad through Nature, to the range Of planets, suns, and adamantine spheres, Wheeling unshaken through the void immense ; And speak, O man ! does this capacious scene With half that kindling majesty dilate Thy strong conception, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of Caesar's fate, Amid the crowd of patriots ; and his arm Aloft extending, like eternal Jove When guilt brings down the thunder, call'd aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his...
Seite 39 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Seite 91 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Seite 289 - Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgment, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is Pride, the never-failing vice of.
Seite 159 - The punishing of wits enhances their authority," saith the Viscount St. Albans, "and a forbidden writing is thought to be a certain spark of truth that flies up in the faces of them who seek to tread it out.
Seite 265 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, I have no need of thee : nor again the head to the feet, I have no need of you.
Seite 3 - And they came to Elim, where were twelve wells of water, and threescore and ten palm trees: and they encamped there by the waters.
Seite 265 - I am not of the body; is it therefore not of the body? And if the ear shall say, Because I am not the eye, I am not of the body; it is therefore not of the body?
Seite 56 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
Seite 123 - ... wearing apparel. The slave obeys, and the state of servitude extends no further. All domestic affairs are managed by the master's wife and children. To punish a slave with stripes, to load him with chains, or condemn him to hard labour, is unusual.