Goldsmith's Roman HistoryH. & E. Phinney, 1808 - 275 páginas |
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... camp exulting in his brutal victory . In the mean time , Lucre- tia , detesting the light , and resolving not to pardon her self for the crime of another , sent for her husband Colla- tinus , and for Spurius her father , to come to her ...
... camp exulting in his brutal victory . In the mean time , Lucre- tia , detesting the light , and resolving not to pardon her self for the crime of another , sent for her husband Colla- tinus , and for Spurius her father , to come to her ...
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... camp of the enemy , re- Solving to die or to kili the king . With this resolution he made up to the place where Porsenna was paying his troops , with a secretary by his side ; but mistaking the latter for the king , he stabbed him to ...
... camp of the enemy , re- Solving to die or to kili the king . With this resolution he made up to the place where Porsenna was paying his troops , with a secretary by his side ; but mistaking the latter for the king , he stabbed him to ...
Página 39
... camp of the conqueror ; but all in vain ; ' they found him severe and inflexible as before . When the people saw them return ineffectually , they began to give up the commonwealth as lost . Their tem- ples were filled with old men ...
... camp of the conqueror ; but all in vain ; ' they found him severe and inflexible as before . When the people saw them return ineffectually , they began to give up the commonwealth as lost . Their tem- ples were filled with old men ...
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... camp , were the first that brought the account of this disaster to Rome . Nothing could ex- ceed the consternation of all ranks of people when inform- ed of it : the senate at first thought of the other consul ; but not having ...
... camp , were the first that brought the account of this disaster to Rome . Nothing could ex- ceed the consternation of all ranks of people when inform- ed of it : the senate at first thought of the other consul ; but not having ...
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... camp , that he gave entirely up to Lis own soldiers , without reserving any part for himself , or per- mitting those of the delivered army to have a share . Thus having rescued a Roman army from inevitable destruction , having defeated ...
... camp , that he gave entirely up to Lis own soldiers , without reserving any part for himself , or per- mitting those of the delivered army to have a share . Thus having rescued a Roman army from inevitable destruction , having defeated ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 130 - Pompey's troops upon the flank : this charge the enemy withstood for some time with great bravery, till he brought up his third line, which had not yet engaged. Pompey's infantry, being thus doubly attacked in front, by fresh troops, and in rear by the victorious cohorts, could no longer resist, but fled to their camp. The flight began among the strangers, though Pompey's right wing still valiantly maintained their ground.
Página 121 - Caesar, who would not wait the conclusion of his speech, generously replied, that he came into Italy, not to injure the liberties of Rome and its citizens, but to restore them.
Página 133 - Pompey embraced her •without speaking a word, and for some time supported her in his arms, in silent despair. Having taken in Cornelia, he now continued his course, steering to the southeast, and stopping no longer than was necessary to take in provisions, at the ports that occurred in his passage. He was at last prevailed upon to apply to Ptolemy, king of Egypt, to whose father Pompey had been a considerable benefactor. Ptolemy, who was as yet a minor, had not the government in his own hands...
Página 26 - Me undertook to build the capitol, the foundation of which had been laid in a former reign, and an extraordinary* event contributed to hasten the execution of his design. A ,woman, in strange attire...
Página 79 - He was, after some days, again brought out, and exposed with his face opposite the burning sun. At last, when malice was fatigued with studying all the arts of torture, he was put into a barrel stuck full of nails, that pointed inward ; and in this painful condition he continued till he died.
Página 133 - Sophocles, signifying, that he who trusts his freedom to a tyrant, from that moment becomes a slave, gave his hand to Achilles, and stept into the bark, with only two attendants of his own. They had now rowed from the ship a good way ; and as, during that time, they all kept a profound silence, Pompey, willing to begin the discourse, accosted Septimius, whose face he recollected ;
Página 18 - ... shared the same fate ; and now there remained but the last Curiatius to conquer, who fatigued and quite disabled with his wounds, slowly came up to offer an easy victory. He was killed, almost unresisting, while the conqueror...