Goldsmith's Roman HistoryH. & E. Phinney, 1808 - 275 páginas |
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... offering no remarks but such as I thought strictly true . The reasons of my choice were , that we had no history of this splendid period in our language , but what was either too voluminous for common use , or too meanly written to ...
... offering no remarks but such as I thought strictly true . The reasons of my choice were , that we had no history of this splendid period in our language , but what was either too voluminous for common use , or too meanly written to ...
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... offered therefore may be sufficient for all but such as make history the peculiar business of their lives ; to such the most tedious narrative will seem but an abridgment , as they measure the merit of a work rather by the quantity than ...
... offered therefore may be sufficient for all but such as make history the peculiar business of their lives ; to such the most tedious narrative will seem but an abridgment , as they measure the merit of a work rather by the quantity than ...
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... offering to cement the most strict confederacy with them The Sa- bines , who were then considered as the most warlike peo- ple of Italy , rejected the proposal with disdain ; Romulus , therefore proclaimed a feast . in honour of Neptune ...
... offering to cement the most strict confederacy with them The Sa- bines , who were then considered as the most warlike peo- ple of Italy , rejected the proposal with disdain ; Romulus , therefore proclaimed a feast . in honour of Neptune ...
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... offered the Romans a choice of de- ciding the dispute by single combat ; adding , that the side whose champion was overcome should submit to the con- queror . A proposal like this , suited the impetuous tem- per of the Roman king , and ...
... offered the Romans a choice of de- ciding the dispute by single combat ; adding , that the side whose champion was overcome should submit to the con- queror . A proposal like this , suited the impetuous tem- per of the Roman king , and ...
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... offered him as a victim to the superi- ority of the Romans , whom now the Alban army consent , ed to obey . But none of the virtues of that age were without alloy : the very hand that in the morning was exerted to save his country , was ...
... offered him as a victim to the superi- ority of the Romans , whom now the Alban army consent , ed to obey . But none of the virtues of that age were without alloy : the very hand that in the morning was exerted to save his country , was ...
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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...