Conquests of the Seven Hills

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H.T. Coates & Company, 1875 - 487 pages
 

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Page 273 - ... affairs, and passed the remainder of his days in the privacy of domestic retirement— a reward, rather than a punishment, to a man of his tastes and temperament. He had the satisfaction of an unsullied conscience, and ample resources of happiness within himself — so much so, that he was wont to say " he was never less idle than when at leisure, nor less alone than when alone."t On quitting his native city, to which he never returned, Scipio might have exclaimed with the equally injured Queen...
Page 300 - Without houses, without any settled habitations, they wander from place to place with their wives and children ; and their generals do but mock them, when, at the head of their armies, they exhort their men to fight for their sepulchres and...
Page 354 - island of the nobles,' or the 'royal island') amid the marshes of Somersetshire, to which he summoned his faithful followers. From this fortress he made frequent successful sallies against the enemy, and after a comparatively short time, he found himself at the head of a considerable army, with which he totally routed them (878) near Edington, in Wiltshire.
Page 402 - As for you, Cicero, I praise and admire you ; but I am concerned for the fate of Greece. She had nothing left her but the glory of eloquence and erudition, and you are carrying that too to Rome.
Page 454 - After such a beginning, those who knew nothing of the conspiracy were seized with consternation and horror, insomuch that they durst neither fly nor assist, nor even utter a word. All the conspirators now drew their swords, and surrounded him in such a manner, that whatever way he turned, he saw nothing but steel gleaming in his face, and met nothing but wounds. Like some savage beast attacked by the hunters, he found every hand lifted against him, for they all agreed to have a share in the sacrifice...
Page 379 - I prove victorious," said he, turning to those near him, " I shall have horses in plenty. If I am defeated, I shall have no need of this one." So saying, he drew his sword and killed the animal on the spot. He determined to sell his life dearly. Reck less of the arrows which flew around him, and of the many swords aimed at his breast, when the battle raged with the greatest violence, he rushed on over beds of the slain to encounter...
Page 241 - Fabius, obtained two victories, one over the enemy by your valour, the other over your colleague by your prudence and humanity. By the former you saved us, by the latter you have instructed us : and Hannibal's victory over us is not more disgraceful than yours is honourable and salutary to us. I call you Father, not knowing a more honourable name, and am more indebted to you than to my real father.
Page 154 - Consuls, to King Pyrrhus, health. — It appears that you judge very ill both of your friends and enemies; for you will find by this letter which was sent to us, that you are at war with men of virtue and honor, and trust knaves and villains.
Page 421 - Minerva, with an inscription giving a summary of his victories : — " that he had finished a war of thirty years ; had vanquished, slain, and taken two millions one hundred and eighty-three thousand men ; sunk or taken eight hundred and forty-six ships ; reduced to the power of the empire a thousand five hundred and thirty-eight towns and fortresses, and subdued all the countries between the lake MoEris and the Red Sea.
Page 302 - ... they had experienced. But Octavius absolutely refused to comply. Tiberius then declared, " that as it was not possible for two magistrates of equal authority, when they differed in such capital points, to go through the remainder of their office without coming to hostilities, he saw no other remedy but the deposing of them.

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