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... more or less misrepresent the original author ; but the object of criticism should be to ascertain , not what we may think the author ought to have said , but what , in view of his mental peculiarities and of his surroundings , he ...
... more or less misrepresent the original author ; but the object of criticism should be to ascertain , not what we may think the author ought to have said , but what , in view of his mental peculiarities and of his surroundings , he ...
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... more and more securely upon the evidence of inscrip- tions , the statements of the Roman grammarians , and the fact that the ancient orthography was essentially phonetic . A method thus derived is necessarily conventional , and cannot ...
... more and more securely upon the evidence of inscrip- tions , the statements of the Roman grammarians , and the fact that the ancient orthography was essentially phonetic . A method thus derived is necessarily conventional , and cannot ...
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... more probable , though by no means certain , that this treaty was not made till 348 B.C. , ( Livy vii . 27 ) some hundred and fifty years later . But in any case it shows that the Romans had long before the latter date extended their ...
... more probable , though by no means certain , that this treaty was not made till 348 B.C. , ( Livy vii . 27 ) some hundred and fifty years later . But in any case it shows that the Romans had long before the latter date extended their ...
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... more than twenty years . The possession of Sicily was hotly contested by land , but , from the extraordinary power of the Carthaginians on the sea , the war was chiefly a naval one . The Romans , who were without any considerable fleet ...
... more than twenty years . The possession of Sicily was hotly contested by land , but , from the extraordinary power of the Carthaginians on the sea , the war was chiefly a naval one . The Romans , who were without any considerable fleet ...
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Livy James Bradstreet Greenough, Tracy Peck. tinuing more than three years was brought to a close by Hamilcar Barca , who had given proof of great genius and patriotism during the last six years of the war with Rome . Either there were ...
Livy James Bradstreet Greenough, Tracy Peck. tinuing more than three years was brought to a close by Hamilcar Barca , who had given proof of great genius and patriotism during the last six years of the war with Rome . Either there were ...
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Page 9 - ... inter custodias stationesque militum conspexerunt. Vestitus nihil inter aequales excellens: arma atque equi conspiciebantur. Equitum peditumque idem longe primus erat; princeps in proelium ibat, ultimus conserto proelio excedebat. Has tantas viri virtutes ingentia vitia aequabant, inhumana crudelitas, perfidia plus quam Punica, nihil veri, nihil sancti, nullus deum metus, nullum ius iurandum, nulla religio.
Page 130 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat; tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnis, mare fluminibus invexit, montes lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Page 115 - Flaminio tulerat, ne quis Senator cuive Senator pater fuisset maritimam navem, quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset, haberet. Id satis habitum ad fructus ex agris vectandos; quaestus omnis patribus indecorus visus.
Page 9 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat. Nullo labore aut corpus fatigari aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par ; cibi potionisque desiderio 10 natural!, non voluptate modus finitus ; vigiliarum somnique nee die nee nocte discriminata tempora; id quod gerendis rebus superesset quieti datum...
Page 124 - Hannibal, seger oculis ex verna primum intemperie variante calores frigoraque, elephanto, qui unus superfuerat, quo altius ab aqua exstaret, vectus, vigiliis tarnen et nocturno humore palustrique coelo gra- 30 vante caput, et quia medendi nee locus nee tempus erat, altero oculo capitur.
Page 174 - audivi, milites, eum primum esse virum qui ipse consulat quid in rem sit, secundum eum qui bene monenti oboediat; qui nee ipse consulere nee 9 alteri parere sciat, eum extremi ingenii esse.
Page 18 - Phalarica erat Saguntinis missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti praeterquam ad extremum, unde ferrum exstabat...
Page 120 - Antii metentibus 15 11 cruentas in corbem spicas cecidisse, et Faleriis caelum findi velut magno hiatu visum, quaque patuerit, ingens lumen effulsisse ; sortes sua sponte adtenuatas, unamque excidisse 12 ita scriptam 'Mavors telum suum concutit...