History of Rome, Volume 2B. Fellowes, 1845 - Rome |
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Page 400 - Therefore the he goat waxed very great: and when he was strong, the great horn was broken ; and for it came up four notable ones toward the four winds of heaven.
Page 173 - Roman ambassador did meet at Babylon, that the greatest man of the ancient world, saw and spoke with a citizen of that great nation, which was destined to succeed him in his appointed work, and to found a wider and still more enduring empire. They met, too, in Babylon, almost beneath the shadow of the temple of Bel, perhaps the earliest monument ever raised by human pride and power, in a city, stricken, as it were, by the word of God's heaviest judgment, as the symbol of greatness apart from and...
Page 19 - 1 1 has been well said that long periods of general suffering make far less impression on our minds, than the short sharp struggle in which a few distinguished individuals perish ; not that we over-estimate the horror and the guilt of times of open bloodshedding, but we are much too patient of the greater misery and greater sin of periods of quiet...
Page 144 - Beverage, — one breakfast cupful of cafe au hit ; that is, clear strong infusion of coffee, with scalded milk, in the proportion of one-third of the former to two-thirds of the latter.
Page 497 - We recollect how the greatest of English statesmen, bowed down by years and infirmity like Appius, but roused like him by the dread of approaching dishonour to the English name, was led by his son and son-in-law into the House of Lords, and all the peers with one impulse arose to receive him. We know the expiring words of that mighty voice, when he protested against the dismemberment of this ancient monarchy, and prayed that if England must fall, she might fall with honour. The real speech of Lord...
Page vi - convinced by a tolerably large experience, that " most readers find it almost impossible to impress " on their memories a mere abridgment of history : "the number of names and events crowded into " a small space is overwhelming to them, and " the absence of details in the narrative makes it " impossible to communicate to it much of interest. " Neither characters nor events can be developed " with that particularity which is the best help to " the memory, because it attracts and engages us, " and...
Page 353 - The auspices had been reported to be most favourable ; the fowls ate so eagerly, so said their keeper to the consul, that some of the corn dropped from their mouths on the ground. This was the best possible omen. But just as the consul was on the point of giving the signal for action, his nephew, Sp. Papirius, came to tell him that the keeper had made a false report. Some of his comrades have declared the truth...
Page 221 - ... out from it again upon the plain of Campania. Defeated and disarmed, they knew not what reception they might meet with from their Campanian allies ; it was possible that Capua might shut her gates against them and go over to the victorious enemy. But the Campanians behaved faithfully and generously. They sent supplies of arms of clothing and of provisions to meet the Romans, even before they arrived at Capua : they sent new cloaks, and the lictors and fasces of their own magistrates, to enable...
Page 495 - Rome, he was able to address all the senators and citizens of the equestrian order by their several proper names. He had studied philosophy, like all his educated countrymen, and appears to have admired particularly the new doctrine of Epicurus ; which taught that war and state affairs were but toil and trouble, and that the wise man should imitate the blissful rest of the gods, who dwelling in their own divinity, regarded not the vain turmoil of this lower world. Yet his life was better than his...
Page 169 - ... tions which owned his sovereignty, and revolved in " his mind the great work of breathing into this huge " but inert body the living spirit of Greek civilization. " In the bloom of youthful manhood, at the age of " thirty-two, he paused from the fiery speed of his " earlier course ; and for the...