The Rubicon; Or, Historical Allusions Familiarized,: In Sketches of Early Roman HistoryJ. Souter, School Library, 73, St. Paul's Churchyard., 1830 - 171 pagina's |
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Pagina 22
... feelings did remain , but so cor- rupted by those bad passions that spring up in all our hearts , and which are only kept under by our own constant exertions , aided by Divine assist- ance , without which they would be of no avail ...
... feelings did remain , but so cor- rupted by those bad passions that spring up in all our hearts , and which are only kept under by our own constant exertions , aided by Divine assist- ance , without which they would be of no avail ...
Pagina 23
... feeling of the heart . Humility , the very ground work of every Christian virtue , was considered mean- ness . Forgiveness of injuries was almost un- known to them , and they had no conception of that charity , so beautifully described ...
... feeling of the heart . Humility , the very ground work of every Christian virtue , was considered mean- ness . Forgiveness of injuries was almost un- known to them , and they had no conception of that charity , so beautifully described ...
Pagina 31
... I much doubt whether he really believed in the gods he worshipped . A strong feeling of religion in the common people is of use to every lawgiver : this Numa was well aware of , and he did every thing in his THE RUBICON . 31.
... I much doubt whether he really believed in the gods he worshipped . A strong feeling of religion in the common people is of use to every lawgiver : this Numa was well aware of , and he did every thing in his THE RUBICON . 31.
Pagina 33
... feelings , while you read of the heroes of old times , lest , in your admiration of their many and great virtues , you forget the humbler graces of the Christian character , which are absolutely necessary to perfection . " " I do indeed ...
... feelings , while you read of the heroes of old times , lest , in your admiration of their many and great virtues , you forget the humbler graces of the Christian character , which are absolutely necessary to perfection . " " I do indeed ...
Pagina 39
... feelings , she bitterly re- proached him as the cause of her grief . Ho- race , who , perhaps , little expected such treat- ment , and whose mind was agitated by different feelings of joy and sorrow , was roused to anger at his sister's ...
... feelings , she bitterly re- proached him as the cause of her grief . Ho- race , who , perhaps , little expected such treat- ment , and whose mind was agitated by different feelings of joy and sorrow , was roused to anger at his sister's ...
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Pagina 114 - ... the efficient ally of the Romans in the last campaign of the war, all the territory which she had wrested from him. Carthage also gave up her fleet and her elephants to the Romans, and agreed to pay to Rome a yearly tribute of two hundred talents, and bound herself to enter upon no war in the future without the consent of the Romans. Thus ended the Second Punic War, after a continuance of seventeen years (BC 218201), in the humiliation of Carthage, which now virtually lost her national independence...
Pagina 12 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot...
Pagina 41 - Thus resolved, they all for some time showed their spirit, and kept their word ; but soon they found, that instead of mortifying the belly by these means, they only undid themselves ; they languished for a while, and perceived, when too late, that it was owing to the belly that they had strength to work, or courage to mutiny.
Pagina 90 - Fabricius, it would be as easy to turn the sun from his course as thee from the path of honor ! " In gratitude for the noble conduct of Fabricius and the Roman Senate, Pyrrhus immediately sent Cineas to Rome with his thanks, and at once released all the Romans whom he had taken prisoners, and sent them home rich with presents. The Romans, nevertheless, still firmly...
Pagina 82 - The last good kins; whom willing Rome obey'd Was the poor offspring of a captive maid ; Yet he those robes of empire justly bore, Which Romulus, our sacred founder, wore: Nicely he gain'd, and well possest the throne, Not for his father's merit, but his own, And reign'd, himself a family alone. When...
Pagina 47 - ... dream, he flew to take up his mother, who had fallen at his feet, crying out, " Oh ! my mother, thou hast saved Rome, but lost thy son." He accordingly gave orders to draw off the army, pretending to the officers, that the city was too strong to be taken. Tullus, who had long envied Coriolanus, was not remiss in aggravating the lenity of his conduct to his countrymen.