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... omnia videmus , ' we see all things changing . ' ( ii ) pars arma capere , alii fugere , plerique metu tor- pebant , ' some seizing arms , others running away , most standing paralyzed with fear . ' ( iii ) ob haec , de hoc , ' owing to ...
... omnia videmus , ' we see all things changing . ' ( ii ) pars arma capere , alii fugere , plerique metu tor- pebant , ' some seizing arms , others running away , most standing paralyzed with fear . ' ( iii ) ob haec , de hoc , ' owing to ...
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... Omnia " 23 luminibus collucent strepituque vario complentur . In Insula inter cetera Andranodorus praesidiis firmarat horrea publica . Locus saxo quadrato saeptus atque arcis in modum emunitus capitur11 ab iuventute " quae praesidio ...
... Omnia " 23 luminibus collucent strepituque vario complentur . In Insula inter cetera Andranodorus praesidiis firmarat horrea publica . Locus saxo quadrato saeptus atque arcis in modum emunitus capitur11 ab iuventute " quae praesidio ...
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... omnia ac- cidisse , quum unus imperator , unus exercitus hostium in Italia esset nunc duo bella Punica facta , duos ingentes exercitus , 15 duos prope Hannibales in Italia esse . Quippe et Hasdru- balem , patre eodem Hamilcare genitum ...
... omnia ac- cidisse , quum unus imperator , unus exercitus hostium in Italia esset nunc duo bella Punica facta , duos ingentes exercitus , 15 duos prope Hannibales in Italia esse . Quippe et Hasdru- balem , patre eodem Hamilcare genitum ...
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... omnia delubra vagae suppliciis votisque fati- gare deos . Tam sollicitae12 ac suspensae1 civitati fama incerta Io primo accidit , duos Narnienses equites in castra , quae in fau- cibus Umbriae opposita erant , venisse ex proelio ...
... omnia delubra vagae suppliciis votisque fati- gare deos . Tam sollicitae12 ac suspensae1 civitati fama incerta Io primo accidit , duos Narnienses equites in castra , quae in fau- cibus Umbriae opposita erant , venisse ex proelio ...
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... Omnia templa per totum triduum aequalem turbam habuere , quum matronae amplissima veste cum liberis , perinde 50 ac si debellatum 12 foret , omni solutae metu deis immortalibus grates agerent . Statum quoque civitatis ea victoria ...
... Omnia templa per totum triduum aequalem turbam habuere , quum matronae amplissima veste cum liberis , perinde 50 ac si debellatum 12 foret , omni solutae metu deis immortalibus grates agerent . Statum quoque civitatis ea victoria ...
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¹² ¹³ ablative absolute Achradina adeo adhuc adjectival adjective adverbs aetas alia alii aliquid animi aorist Arminius army atque autem Campaniae castra CICERO consules copula cura dear deinde dependent clause eius English enim eodem epistola erant erat esset etiam expressed facere fuit futurum gerund haec hora hostium hunc igitur illa illi illud inde inter ipsa ipse ipsum Itaque Latin letter litteras Livy magis magna metu mihi minus modo multa neque nihil nisi nocte nunc oculis omnes omni omnia oratio obliqua pars participle passive periphrastic PLIN PLINY posset postquam prepositions primum quae quam quamquam quia quibus quid quidem quisque quod quoque quum relative clause Roman saepe scribis semper senator sentence simul sine subjunctive substantival substantive sunt Tacitus tamen tantum tenses terrae tibi tives tuis urbe urbem Vale vallum verb vero
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Page 43 - ... or nothing happens to occur. A man that has a journey before him twenty miles in length, which he is to perform on foot, will not hesitate and doubt whether he shall set out or not, because he does not readily conceive how he shall ever reach the end of it ; for he knows, that by the simple operation of moving one foot forward first, and then the other, he shall be sure to accomplish it.
Page 27 - ... all contemporary authors agree in ascribing to Mary the utmost beauty of countenance and elegance of shape of which the human form is capable. Her hair was black, though, according to the fashion of that age, she frequently wore borrowed locks, and of different colours. Her eyes were a dark grey, her complexion was exquisitely fine, and her hands and arms remarkably delicate, both as to shape and colour. Her stature was of a height that rose to the majestic.
Page 35 - The conflagration was so universal, and the people so astonished, that, from the beginning, I know not by what despondency, or fate, they hardly stirred to quench it; so that there was nothing heard, or seen, but crying out and lamentation, running about like distracted creatures, without at all attempting to save even their goods; such a strange consternation there was upon them...
Page 45 - No, to questionary or petitionary epistles of half a yard long. You and Lord Bolingbroke are the only men to whom I write, and always in folio. You are indeed almost the only men I know, who either can write in this age, or whose writings will reach the next : others are mere mortals.
Page 37 - ... last one was not able to approach it, so that they were forced to stand still, and let the flames burn on, which they did, for near two miles in length and one in breadth.
Page 36 - Turn se quieti dedit et quievit verissimo quidem somno; nam meatus animae, qui illi propter amplitudinem corporis gravior et sonantior erat, ab iis qui limini obversabantur audiebatur.
Page 50 - Qua puella nihil umquam festivius, amabilius nec modo longiore vita, sed prope immortalitate dignius vidi. Nondum annos quattuordecim impleverat, et iam illi 5 anilis prudentia, matronalis gravitas erat, et tamen suavitas puellaris cum virginali verecundia. Ut illa patris cervicibus inhaerebat ! Ut nos amicos paternos et amanter et modeste complectebatur ! Ut nutrices, ut paedagogos, ut praeceptores pro suo quemque...
Page 46 - Qualiter Campaniae ora per se felixque illa ac beata amoenitas, ut palam sit uno in loco gaudentis opus esse naturae?
Page 49 - In this season I rise, not at four in the morning, but a little before eight ; at nine I am called from my study to breakfast, which I always perform alone in the English style, and, with the aid of Caplin, I perceive no difference between Lausanne and Bentinck Street.
Page 31 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas nor fluency of words. In public, when called on for a sudden opinion, he was unready, short, and embarrassed. Yet he wrote readily, rather diffusely, in an easy and correct style.