 | Theodor Mommsen - Rome - 1869 - 648 pages
...foremost political corporation of all times — still even now an " assembly of kings," which knew well how to combine despotic energy with republican self-devotion....a state represented in its external relations more firmly and worthily than Home in its best times by its senate. In matters of internal administration... | |
 | Robert Henlopen Labberton - History - 1872 - 264 pages
...political sagacity, in unanimity and patriotism, the foremost political corporation of all times — au assembly of kings, which well knew how to combine despotic energy with republican self-devotedness. Never was a state represented in its external relations more firmly and worthily... | |
 | Livy - 1886 - 200 pages
...controlling foreign policy — the Roman Senate was the noblest embodiment of the nation; and in conency and political sagacity, in unanimity and patriotism,...best times by the Senate." (Mommsen, Hist, of Rome, P.lc. ii. ch. 3.) MAI' OF 1 Zivy HAL'S ROl'TK HANNIBALIAN WAB. 1. LICET mihi praefari bellum maxime... | |
 | American essays - 1897 - 962 pages
...foremost political corporation of all tunes ; still even now an ' Assembly of Kings," which knew well { | - / ' ( firmly and worthily than Rome in its best days by its Senate." 1 As I have said, the Senate was the... | |
 | American essays - 1897 - 1218 pages
...foremost political corporation of all times ; still even now an ' Assembly of Kings/ which knew well how to combine despotic energy with republican self-devotion....a state represented in its external relations more firmly and worthily than Borne in its best days by its Senate." * As I have said, the Senate was the... | |
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... between the orders, — the Roman Senate was the noblest organ of the nation, and in consistency and political sagacity, in unanimity and patriotism, in grasp of power and unwavering courage, the foremost political corporation of all times ; still... 