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Pagina lvi
... Valerius Flaccus , the younger Pliny , Solinus , Martial , Quinctilian , and many more . Yet none of those have made the least mention of him . Was this envy ; or was it Roman pride ? Possibly , they could not bear that a Greek sophist ...
... Valerius Flaccus , the younger Pliny , Solinus , Martial , Quinctilian , and many more . Yet none of those have made the least mention of him . Was this envy ; or was it Roman pride ? Possibly , they could not bear that a Greek sophist ...
Pagina lxxxvi
... VALERIUS PUBLICOLA 5091xvii . 4. 245 is chosen consul in the room of Collatinus . Brutus fights Aruns , the eldest son of Colla- tinu , and both fall . 508 lxviii . 1 . 503 1xix 2 493xxi . 4 . 491 lxxii . 2 . 490 3 . Horatius Pulvillus ...
... VALERIUS PUBLICOLA 5091xvii . 4. 245 is chosen consul in the room of Collatinus . Brutus fights Aruns , the eldest son of Colla- tinu , and both fall . 508 lxviii . 1 . 503 1xix 2 493xxi . 4 . 491 lxxii . 2 . 490 3 . Horatius Pulvillus ...
Pagina 227
... Valerius Antias re- lates , that there were twelve books written in Latin concerning religion , and twelve more of philosophy in Greek , buried in that coffin 89 . But four hundred years afterward , when Publius Cornelius and Marcus ...
... Valerius Antias re- lates , that there were twelve books written in Latin concerning religion , and twelve more of philosophy in Greek , buried in that coffin 89 . But four hundred years afterward , when Publius Cornelius and Marcus ...
Pagina 297
... Valerius Publicola . Tarquin driven from Rome . The election of two Consuls . Publicola's animosity against the Tarquins . Tarquin's efforts to reniount the throne . Conspiracy at Rome in his favour ; detected . Brutus consigns his own ...
... Valerius Publicola . Tarquin driven from Rome . The election of two Consuls . Publicola's animosity against the Tarquins . Tarquin's efforts to reniount the throne . Conspiracy at Rome in his favour ; detected . Brutus consigns his own ...
Pagina 298
... Valerius . He was descended from that an- cient Valerius , who was the principal author of the union between the Romans and the Sabines . For he it was , that most effectually persuaded the two kings to come to a conference , and to ...
... Valerius . He was descended from that an- cient Valerius , who was the principal author of the union between the Romans and the Sabines . For he it was , that most effectually persuaded the two kings to come to a conference , and to ...
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Pagina 108 - By unchaste looks, loose gestures, and foul talk ; But most by lewd and lavish act of sin, Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion, Imbodies, and imbrutes, till she quite lose The divine property of her first being. Such are those thick and gloomy shadows damp, Oft seen in charnel vaults and sepulchres Lingering and sitting by a new-made grave, As loth to leave the body that it loved, And link'd itself by carnal sensuality To a degenerate and degraded state.
Pagina 141 - There were fifteen persons to a table, or a few more or less. Each of them was obliged to bring in monthly a bushel of meal, eight gallons of wine, five pounds of cheese, two pounds and a half of figs, and a little money to buy flesh and fish. If any of them happened to offer a sacrifice of first fruits...
Pagina 145 - ... possible care of them. He ordered the virgins to exercise themselves in running, wrestling, and throwing quoits and darts ; that their bodies being strong and vigorous, the children afterwards produced from them might be the same ; and that, thus fortified by exercise, they might the better support the pangs of childbirth, and be delivered with safety.
Pagina 63 - Then the chief captain came near, and took him, and commanded him to be bound with two chains; and demanded who he was, and what he had done?
Pagina 18 - And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend.
Pagina 136 - Such a provision they thought sufficient for health and a good habit of body, and they wanted nothing more. A story goes of our legislator, that some time after, returning from a journey through the fields just reaped, and seeing the shocks standing parallel and equal, he smiled, and said to some that were by, ' How like is Laconia to an estate newly divided among many brothers!
Pagina 157 - How shall we best guard against the invasion of an enemy ?" By continuing poor, and not desiring in your possessions to be one above another. And to the question, whether they should enclose Sparta with walls, That city is well fortified, which has a wall of men instead of brick.
Pagina 285 - From the bleak pole no winds inclement blow, Mould the round hail, or flake the fleecy snow; But from the breezy deep the blest inhale The fragrant murmurs of the western gale.
Pagina 171 - The governors of the youth ordered the shrewdest of them from time to time to disperse themselves in the country, provided only with daggers and some necessary provisions. In the...
Pagina 155 - The Iren, reposing himself after supper, used to order one of the boys to sing a song; to another he put some question which required a judicious answer: for example, Who was the best man in the city? or, What he thought of such an action?