The History of Rome Decade 3, pt.1, illustr. by notes, by E.R. Humphreys1857 |
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Pagina 11
... army of 700,000 men , and commenced the pursuit of an enemy , pro- tected by a seemingly interminable desert , always within view and never overtaken , and always harassing and breaking the ranks of the Persians when least expected . At ...
... army of 700,000 men , and commenced the pursuit of an enemy , pro- tected by a seemingly interminable desert , always within view and never overtaken , and always harassing and breaking the ranks of the Persians when least expected . At ...
Pagina 12
... army from Moscow , in 1812 , when , of 680,500 men , only 20,000 unarmed soldiers found a shelter in Poland ; their feet covered with old hats , and their shoulders with pieces of canvass , and the skins of horses torn raw from the ...
... army from Moscow , in 1812 , when , of 680,500 men , only 20,000 unarmed soldiers found a shelter in Poland ; their feet covered with old hats , and their shoulders with pieces of canvass , and the skins of horses torn raw from the ...
Pagina 20
... army in the East . From the fall of the Western Empire to the establishment of European settle- ments in India , the elephant was so totally unknown in Europe , that one which was sent as a present by Haroun al Raschîd to Charlemagne ...
... army in the East . From the fall of the Western Empire to the establishment of European settle- ments in India , the elephant was so totally unknown in Europe , that one which was sent as a present by Haroun al Raschîd to Charlemagne ...
Pagina 22
... army . The The siege of Platæa , as described by Thucydides , ( ii . 71 ; iii . 52. ) presents the earliest instance of an attempt on the part of the besiegers to out - build the besieged . Spartans raised a wall , consisting of a ...
... army . The The siege of Platæa , as described by Thucydides , ( ii . 71 ; iii . 52. ) presents the earliest instance of an attempt on the part of the besiegers to out - build the besieged . Spartans raised a wall , consisting of a ...
Pagina 32
... army , until defence became hopeless , blew up themselves and their assail- ants together , ( A. D. 1824. ) Even in our late war with China , it is recorded that a Tartar commander of a garrison performed a similar feat of heroic ...
... army , until defence became hopeless , blew up themselves and their assail- ants together , ( A. D. 1824. ) Even in our late war with China , it is recorded that a Tartar commander of a garrison performed a similar feat of heroic ...
Parole e frasi comuni
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Brani popolari
Pagina 19 - Plurimum audaciae ad pericula capessenda, plurimum consilii inter ipsa pericula erat: nullo labore3 aut corpus fatigari, aut animus vinci poterat. Caloris ac frigoris patientia par ; cibi potionisque desiderio naturali, non voluptate, modus finitus : vigiliarum somnique nee die, nee nocte discriminata tempora. Id, quod gerendis rebus superesset, quieti datum : ea neque molli strato, neque silentio arcessita.
Pagina 95 - C. Flaminio tulerat, ne quis senator cuive senator pater fuisset maritimam navem quae plus quam trecentarum amphorarum esset haberet — id satis habitum ad fructus ex agris vectandos, quaestus omnis patribus indecorus visus.
Pagina 313 - Apollini ludos vovendos faciendosque et, quando ludi facti essent, duodecim milia aeris praetori ad 13 rem divinam et duas hostias maiores dandas. Alterum senatus consultum factum est ut decemviri sacrum Graeco ritu facerent hisque hostiis, Apollini bove aurato et capris duabus albis auratis, Latonae 14 bove femina aurata.
Pagina 341 - Romanis erat, quippe 6 tarn paucis, si vi retinerent. Id quidem cavendum semper Romanis ducibus erit exemplaque haec vere pro documentis habenda, ne ita externis credant auxiliis ut non plus sui roboris suarumque proprie 7 virium in castris habeant.
Pagina 103 - Trasumennus subit. Via tantum interest perangusta, velut ad id ipsum de industria relicto spatio: deinde paulo latior patescit campus; inde colles adsurgunt.
Pagina 104 - ... sibi quisque dux adhortatorque factus ad rem gerendam et nova de integro exorta pugna est — non illa ordinata per principes...
Pagina 110 - Tum lectisternium per triduum habitum decemviris sacrorum curantibus. Sex pulvinaria in conspectu fuerunt, lovi ac lunoni unum, alterum Neptuno ac Minervae, tertium Marti ac Veneri, quartum Apollini ac Dianae, quintum Vulcano ac Vestae, 10 sextum Mercurio et Cereri.
Pagina 90 - Tantaque vis frigoris insecuta est, ut ex illa miserabili hominum jumentorumque strage cum se quisque attollere ac levare vellet, diu nequiret, quia torpentibus rigore nervis vix flectere artus poterant.
Pagina 297 - Quo diutius trahebatur bellum et variabant secundae adversaeque res non fortunam magis quam animos hominum, tanta religio, et ea magna ex parte externa, civitatem incessit ut aut homines aut dei 7 repente alii viderentur facti.
Pagina 55 - Galliae fluminum difficillimus transitu est; nam, cum aquae vim vehat ingentem, non tarnen navium patiens est, quia nullis coercitus ripis, pluribus simul neque iisdem alveis fluens, nova semper vada novosque gurgites' — et ob eadem pediti quoque incerta via est — , ad hoc saxa glareosa volvens nihil stabile nee tutum ingredienti praebet.