The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &c, Volume 5Edward Earle. William Fry, Printer., 1813 |
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Pagina 55
... Julius Frontinus ( a ) , the city prætor , passed a vote of thanks to the general officers , the armies , and the ... Cæsar , assumed the dignity of city - prætor . From that time , all edicts and public instruments were issued in his ...
... Julius Frontinus ( a ) , the city prætor , passed a vote of thanks to the general officers , the armies , and the ... Cæsar , assumed the dignity of city - prætor . From that time , all edicts and public instruments were issued in his ...
Pagina 77
... natural vanity united the pride , however ill - founded , of an illustrious descent . He pretended , that his great grandmother IV . BOOK A. U. C. 823 . A. D. 70 . IV . BOOK attracted the regard of Julius Cæsar during OF TACITUS . 77.
... natural vanity united the pride , however ill - founded , of an illustrious descent . He pretended , that his great grandmother IV . BOOK A. U. C. 823 . A. D. 70 . IV . BOOK attracted the regard of Julius Cæsar during OF TACITUS . 77.
Pagina 78
... Julius Cæsar during his wars in Germany , and from that embrace he deduced his pedigree . A. U. C. 823 . A. D. 70 . The conspirators made it their business , in secret conferences , to sound the temper of others ; and , having drawn ...
... Julius Cæsar during his wars in Germany , and from that embrace he deduced his pedigree . A. U. C. 823 . A. D. 70 . The conspirators made it their business , in secret conferences , to sound the temper of others ; and , having drawn ...
Pagina 81
... Julius Cæsar was the person A. U. C. " who best understood the national character of the " Gauls . He knew how to deal with a perfidious 66 race . Augustus followed his example . Galba granted an exemption from tributes , and , by that ...
... Julius Cæsar was the person A. U. C. " who best understood the national character of the " Gauls . He knew how to deal with a perfidious 66 race . Augustus followed his example . Galba granted an exemption from tributes , and , by that ...
Pagina 94
... Julius Sabinus , having des- troyed all public monuments of the alliance ( a ) be- tween Rome and the Lingones , caused himself to be proclaimed by the title of Cæsar . He put himself , soon after , at the head of an undisciplined ...
... Julius Sabinus , having des- troyed all public monuments of the alliance ( a ) be- tween Rome and the Lingones , caused himself to be proclaimed by the title of Cæsar . He put himself , soon after , at the head of an undisciplined ...
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afterwards Agrippinian ancient Annals Antonius APPEN arms Barbarians Batavians battle BOOK V.
A. U. C. Brotier says Bructerians called camp Cattians cavalry Cerealis Charlevoix chief Cimbri Civilis Classicus cohorts command custom Danube death deities Domitian emperor empire enemy father favour Flaccus Florus fury Gallus Gaul Geographical Table Germans gods hand Helvidius Hercynian forest Hist honour Hordeonius Flaccus horse inhabitants Italy Jerusalem Jews Josephus Judæa Julius Cæsar king land legions liberty Lingones manner Mattiaci mentioned military mind Mucianus nations natural Nero northern Ocean passions peace Piso Pliny prince prodigious province race rank reign Rhine river Rome Rugians ruin Salic law Sarmatia savage SECTION senate sent siege sion slaughter slaves soldiers spirit Suetonius Suevians Suiones sword Tacitus temple territory tion Titus tract Treverians tribes Ubians valour Vangiones Veleda Vespasian victory vigour Vitellius Vocula warlike whole worship
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Pagina 404 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
Pagina 269 - Who knows but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...
Pagina 322 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
Pagina 131 - Egyptians worship various animals, 70and also certain symbolical representations, which are the work of man; the Jews acknowledge one God only, and him they see in the mind's eye, and him they adore in contemplation, condemning, as impious idolators, all who with perishable materials, wrought into the human form, attempt to give a representation of the Deity. The God of the Jews is the great governing mind (»'), that directs and guides the whole frame of nature, eternal, infinite, and neither capable...
Pagina 277 - In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
Pagina 169 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
Pagina 390 - The ancient Icelandic mythology calls him " the author of every thing that existeth; the eternal, the ancient, the living and awful Being, the searcher into concealed things, the Being that never changeth.
Pagina 136 - On the death of Herod, a man of the name of Simon, without waiting for the authority of the emperor, seized the sovereignty. He, however, was punished for his ambition by Quinctilius Varus, the governor of Syria; and the nation, reduced to submission, was divided in three portions between the sons of Herod.
Pagina 219 - For this purpose a number of milkwhite steeds, unprofaned by mortal labor, are constantly maintained at the public expense, and placed to pasture in the religious groves. When occasion requires, they are harnessed to a sacred chariot, and the priest, accompanied by the king or chief of the state, attends to watch the motions and the neighing of the horses. No other mode of augury is received with such implicit faith by the people, the nobility, and the priesthood. The horses upon these solemn occasions...
Pagina 223 - The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this warlike horse, at another that victorious lance imbrued with the blood of the enemy. The prince's table, however inelegant, must always be plentiful : it is the only pay of his followers.