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Page v
... 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 ...
Page vi
... 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 ...
Page viii
... 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 ...
Page ix
... 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 68 - Inde ad rupem muniendam, per quam unam via esse poterat, milites ducti, cum caedendum esset saxum, arboribus circa immanibus deiectis detruncatisque struem ingentem lignorum faciunt eamque, cum et vis venti apta faciendo igni coorta esset, succendunt ardentiaque 3 saxa infuso aceto putrefaciunt.
Page 18 - Phalarica erat Saguntinis, missile telum hastili abiegno et cetera tereti praeterquam ad extremum, unde...
Page 235 - Brutus, which was composed in 46 BC and purports to be a conversation with Atticus and Brutus, Cicero traces the development of oratory among the Romans down to his own time, with critical notices of about two hundred speakers. The long catalogue is relieved of dryness by the dialogue form, the freedom of digression, and by Cicero's fresh and teeming style. Professor Kellogg has edited the work especially for early college reading.
Page 122 - Postremo Decembri iam mense ad aedem Saturni Romae immolatum est, lectisterniumque imperatum ([et] 20 eum lectum senatores straverunt) et convivium publicum, ac per urbem Saturnalia diem ac noctem clamata, populusque eum diem festum habere ac servare in perpetuum iussus.
Page 60 - Turn, quamquam fama prius, qua 1 incerta in maius vero ferri solent, praecepta res erat, tamen ex propinquo visa montium altitudo nivesque caelo prope immixtae, tecta informia imposita rupibus...