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Page vii
... were their national pursuits , and during the earlier centuries of the republic their exclusive pursuits . It was therefore natural that the nation's best days were over before the national literature fairly began ; natural , likewise ...
... were their national pursuits , and during the earlier centuries of the republic their exclusive pursuits . It was therefore natural that the nation's best days were over before the national literature fairly began ; natural , likewise ...
Page viii
... were very scanty in the period prior to the development of literature . The family records and traditions of noble houses doubtless constituted an important element in the formation of the national history , and a still more important ...
... were very scanty in the period prior to the development of literature . The family records and traditions of noble houses doubtless constituted an important element in the formation of the national history , and a still more important ...
Page x
... were other writers who decidedly opposed the annalistic method , yet it seems , on the whole , to have retained its popularity with both authors and readers . Besides general histories , there were numerous biographies , memoirs , and ...
... were other writers who decidedly opposed the annalistic method , yet it seems , on the whole , to have retained its popularity with both authors and readers . Besides general histories , there were numerous biographies , memoirs , and ...
Page xi
... were not favorable to the conception and execution of such a work . The proper surroundings and in- spiration were to come in the next generation , in the calm after the storm , in the peace and repose of the Augustan age . And when ...
... were not favorable to the conception and execution of such a work . The proper surroundings and in- spiration were to come in the next generation , in the calm after the storm , in the peace and repose of the Augustan age . And when ...
Page xii
... were long continued or whether his residence there was permanent . He may have retired to spend his last years in his native town , for he died there in 17 A. D. In 1413 some workmen making excavations at Padua , discovered a coffin ...
... were long continued or whether his residence there was permanent . He may have retired to spend his last years in his native town , for he died there in 17 A. D. In 1413 some workmen making excavations at Padua , discovered a coffin ...
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Page 147 - ... 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 amnes, mare fluminibus invexit, montes 280 lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Page 2 - Datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis primordia urbium augustiora faciat. Et si cui populo licere oportet consecrare origines suas et S ad deos referre auctores, ea belli gloria est populo Romano, ut, cum suum conditorisque sui parentem Martem potissimum ferat, tam et hoc gentes humanae patiantur aequo animo quam imperium patiuntur.
Page 52 - Numa divini auctor juris fuisset, ita Servium conditorem omnis in civitate discriminis ordinumque, quibus inter gradus dignitatis fortunaeque aliquid interlucet, posteri fama ferrent. Censum enim instituit, rem saluberrimam tanto futuro imperio ; ex quo belli pacisque munia non viritim, ut ante, sed pro habitu pecuniarum fierent.
Page 37 - ... omnia impleverat, raptim, quibus quisque poterat, elatis, cum larem ac penates tectaque in quibus natus quisque educatusque esset...
Page 55 - ... etiam coniungunt, et extrinsecus puri aliquid ab humano cultu pateret soli. Hoc spatium, quod neque habitari neque arari fas erat, non magis quod post murum esset quam quod murus post id, pomerium Romani appellarunt, et in urbis incremento semper, quantum moenia processura erant, tantum termini hi rconsecrati proferebantur.
Page 30 - luppiter, audi, 5 pater patrate populi Albani, audi tu, populus Albanus : ut illa palam prima postrema ex illis tabulis cerave recitata sunt sine dolo malo, utique ea hic hodie rectissime intellecta sunt, illis legibus populus Romanus prior non deficiet. Si prior defexit publico consilio dolo ID malo, tum illo die, luppiter, populum Romanum sic ferito, ut ego hune porcum hic hodie feriam, tantoque magis ferito, quanto magis potes pollesque.
Page 2 - ... donec ad haec tempora, quibus nec vitia nostra nec remedia pati possumus, perventum est. Hoc illud est praecipue in cognitione rerum salubre ac frugiferum, omnis te exempli documenta in inlustri posita monumento intueri; inde tibi tuaeque rei publicae quod imitere capias, inde foedum inceptu, foedum exitu, quod vites.
Page 2 - Sed haec et his similia, utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, ю haud in magno equidem ponam discrimine : ad illa mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum, quae vita, qui mores fuerint, per quos viros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum Imperium sit...
Page 11 - Rebus divinis rite perpetratis vocataque ad concilium multitudine, quae coalescere in populi unius corpus nulla re praeterquam legibus poterat...
Page 77 - 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; ea neque molli strato neque silentio accersita ; multi saepe militari sagulo opertum humi iacentem inter custodias stationesque militum conspexerunt.