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... seems to have been the first of the Roman writers who made style a matter of primary importance . The idea however that he took Thucydides for his model , rests upon the occurrence of a few philo- sophical reflexions , which seem to be ...
... seems to have been the first of the Roman writers who made style a matter of primary importance . The idea however that he took Thucydides for his model , rests upon the occurrence of a few philo- sophical reflexions , which seem to be ...
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... seems best to abide by the standard of the best age of Latin literature . Accordingly , in this edition , the nom . and acc . plural of nouns of the third declension are always written with es , not is : the termination of the ...
... seems best to abide by the standard of the best age of Latin literature . Accordingly , in this edition , the nom . and acc . plural of nouns of the third declension are always written with es , not is : the termination of the ...
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... seems to be written with remarkable fairness . His character of his patron Cæsar exhibits no party bias , and his respect for Cato , the most determined of his opponents , is strongly felt and boldly expressed . He is accused of ...
... seems to be written with remarkable fairness . His character of his patron Cæsar exhibits no party bias , and his respect for Cato , the most determined of his opponents , is strongly felt and boldly expressed . He is accused of ...
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... seems to me the more right . " Comp . eo profusius , c . 14 . 4 Ingenii . Varro , contemporary with Sallust , introduced the double ii in these genitives . Later writers , im- itating ancient spelling , frequently resorted to the single ...
... seems to me the more right . " Comp . eo profusius , c . 14 . 4 Ingenii . Varro , contemporary with Sallust , introduced the double ii in these genitives . Later writers , im- itating ancient spelling , frequently resorted to the single ...
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... seems not unlikely that the nickname Catilina may have been given him on this account . 1 Malo pravoque : malus , bad in essence , pravus , bad in form . Hence pravus , i . q . curvus , deformis , perver- sus : opposed to rectus . Hor ...
... seems not unlikely that the nickname Catilina may have been given him on this account . 1 Malo pravoque : malus , bad in essence , pravus , bad in form . Hence pravus , i . q . curvus , deformis , perver- sus : opposed to rectus . Hor ...
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ætatem Africa afterwards animus armis authority belli bello bellum Bocchus Cæs Cæsar called Cambridge case Catil Catilina Ceterum Cicero Cimbri Cirta citizens city cloth Comp construction consul consulship cujus cuncta death equites erant esset exercitum facere first form found generally good great hæc Hence Hist hostes hostibus hostium Italy jubet Jugur Jugurtha Livy Lucan made magis Marius means Metellus military milites name neque nobles Numidæ Numidarum Numidia office omnibus opposed order party passage Patres conscripti paullo people perhaps person phrase place Plutarch Pompeius postquam postremo power præ prælio prælium præter præterea properly province public quæ read reading reipublicæ rempublicam republic right Romæ Roman Rome sæpe Sallust same says scil seems senate senatus sense sese sestertius sicuti simul sine Sulla tamen their time tion used Vell Virg vitæ word words year years Zama καὶ
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Page 83 - Omnis homines, patres conscripti, qui de rebus dubiis consultant, ab odio, amicitia, ira atque misericordia vacuos esse decet.
Page 17 - Igitur primo pecuniae, deinde imperi cupido crevit; ea quasi materies omnium malorum fuere. Namque avaritia fidem, probitatem ceterasque artis bonas subvortit; pro his superbiam, crudelitatem, deos neglegere, omnia venalia habere edocuit. Ambitio multos mortalis falsos fieri subegit, aliud clausum in pectore, aliud in lingua promptum habere, amicitias inimicitiasque non ex re, sed ex commodo aestumare, magisque voltum quam ingenium bonum habere.
Page 8 - ... statui res gestas populi Romani carptim, ut quaeque memoria digna videbantur, perscribere, — eo magis, quod mihi a spe, metu, partibus rei publicae animus liber erat.
Page 15 - Romano numquam ea copia fuit, quia prudentissumus quisque maxume negotiosus erat; ingenium nemo sine corpore exercebat; optumus quisque facere quam dicere, sua ab aliis benefacta laudari quam ipse aliorum narrare malebat.
Page 119 - ... eorum famam atque gloriam adaequaverit. At contra, quis est omnium his moribus, quin divitiis et sumptibus, non probitate neque industria cum majoribus suis contendat 1 etiam homines novi, qui antea per virtutem soliti erant nobilitatem antevenire, furtim et per latrocinia potius [quam bonis artibus] ad imperia et honores nituntur...
Page 18 - Putares Sullam venisse in Italiam non belli vindicem, sed pacis auctorem: tanta cum quiete exercitum per Calabriam Apuliamque cum singular! cura frugum, agrorum, hominum, urbium perduxit in Campaniam...
Page 181 - ... ferre plus dimidiati mensis cibaria ; ferre, si quid ad usum velint ; ferre vallum. Nam scutum, gladium, galeam in onere nostri milites non plus numerant, quam humeros, lacertos, manus. Arma enim membra militis esse dicunt.