Numa Pompilius: Second King of RomeTicknor, Reed & Fields, 1850 - 279 pagina's |
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Pagina xix
... Metius , 259 Romulus , 259 Elysii Campi ,. Parcæ , ... 267 268 Minerva , ...... Astræa ,. 268 269 Palatinus Mons ,. A Roman Triumph , ...... ... 269 270 Alcides ,. ....... 272 Nestor , .. Antilochus ,. 272 273 Apollo , Diana ...
... Metius , 259 Romulus , 259 Elysii Campi ,. Parcæ , ... 267 268 Minerva , ...... Astræa ,. 268 269 Palatinus Mons ,. A Roman Triumph , ...... ... 269 270 Alcides ,. ....... 272 Nestor , .. Antilochus ,. 272 273 Apollo , Diana ...
Pagina 11
... Metius , 11 again pierced the centre of the Roman army . The earth was strewed with the dead , and the Sabines were conquerors . ' Twas done for Rome and Romulus , 12 when the most unlooked - for occurrence snatched from us the victory ...
... Metius , 11 again pierced the centre of the Roman army . The earth was strewed with the dead , and the Sabines were conquerors . ' Twas done for Rome and Romulus , 12 when the most unlooked - for occurrence snatched from us the victory ...
Pagina 43
... Metius , Vale- rius , Volscius , Murrex , all the old warriors , grasp with their hands the son of their old general . " I owe every thing to your father , " said one . " He saved my life , " said another . " He was our benefactor ...
... Metius , Vale- rius , Volscius , Murrex , all the old warriors , grasp with their hands the son of their old general . " I owe every thing to your father , " said one . " He saved my life , " said another . " He was our benefactor ...
Pagina 47
... Metius is in the ranks , yet Metius commands them still . Next to him come the sage Catillus and his brother , the redoubtable Coras ; then Tanais and Talos ; the valiant Gallus , grandson of Abaris ; the amiable Astor , educated near ...
... Metius is in the ranks , yet Metius commands them still . Next to him come the sage Catillus and his brother , the redoubtable Coras ; then Tanais and Talos ; the valiant Gallus , grandson of Abaris ; the amiable Astor , educated near ...
Pagina 78
... Metius , will dig a broad and deep ditch , which will enclose my camp in a perfect square . You will leave an entrance on each side , in the middle of the square . For this labor you will employ my Latin legions , as they have suffered ...
... Metius , will dig a broad and deep ditch , which will enclose my camp in a perfect square . You will leave an entrance on each side , in the middle of the square . For this labor you will employ my Latin legions , as they have suffered ...
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Anna Apennines arms army Aulus beautiful blood brave breast buckler cabin called Camilla camp Ceres chariot citizens conquered consecrated courage courser cries crown danger daughter dear death defend divinity earth Egeria embraced enemies eyes father fear flocks frightful fury give glory goddess gods grief hand happy hastens head heard heart heaven Hernici hero Hersilia Hirpini honor immortals inspired javelin Jupiter king of Campania king of Rome knees leave live look Marrucini Marsi Metius midst monarch mortal mother mountains Myrtale never NUMA POMPILIUS Numa's nymph Oromaze palace passed peace Pentheus Pompilius priests prince of Capua reign replied Romans Romulus Sabines sacred sacrifice Samnites scarcely seizes sentiment soldiers soon Sophanor soul speak succor sweet sword Tatia Tatius tears temple tender throne trembling Tullus Tullus Hostilius Vestini victory virtue voice Volsci vows warriors weep words young Zoroaster
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Pagina 181 - No, the heart that has truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close ; As the sun-flower turns on her god, when he sets, The same look which she turned when he rose.
Pagina 207 - The nympholepsy of some fond despair ; Or, it might be, a beauty of the earth, Who found a more than common votary there Too much adoring ; whatsoe'er thy birth, Thou wert a beautiful thought, and softly bodied forth.
Pagina 181 - Were to change by tomorrow, and fleet in my arms, Like fairy-gifts fading away, Thou wouldst still be adored, as this moment thou art, Let thy loveliness fade as it will, And around the dear ruin each wish of my heart Would entwine itself verdantly still. It is not while beauty and youth are...
Pagina 199 - I am thy father's spirit ; Doom'd for a certain term to walk the night ; And for the day confined to fast in fires, Till the foul crimes done in my days of nature Are burnt and purged away.
Pagina 269 - Astraea ; but the wickedness and impiety of mankind drove her to heaven in the brazen and iron ages, and she was placed among the constellations of the zodiac, under the name of Virgo.
Pagina 250 - Numa forbade the Romans to represent the Deity in the form cither of man or beast. Nor was there among them formerly any image or statue of the Divine Being : during the first hundred and seventy years, they built temples, indeed, and other sacred domes, but placed in them no figure of any kind, persuaded that it is impious to represent things divine by what is perishable, and that we can have no conception of God but by the understanding.
Pagina 199 - I could a tale unfold whose lightest word Would harrow up thy soul, freeze thy young blood, Make thy two eyes, like...
Pagina 271 - The general, when he began to turn his chariot from the forum to the Capitol, ordered the captive kings and leaders of the enemy to be led to prison, and there to be slain, but not always ; and when he reached the Capitol, he used to wait till he heard that these savage orders were executed.
Pagina 219 - It was an ancient tradition, that when the Capitol was founded by one of the Roman kings, the god Terminus (who presided over boundaries, and was represented, according to the fashion of that age, by a large stone) alone, among all the inferior deities, refused to yield his place to Jupitei Himself.
Pagina 275 - She was supposed to be the same as the Isis of the Egyptians, whose worship was introduced into Greece with that of Osiris, under the name of Apollo. The Artemisia was a festival celebrated in honor of her at Delphi.