C. Crispi Sallustii De Catilinae conjuratione belloque Jugurthino historiae

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Pagina ii - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape. An Historical Tale." In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States...
Pagina 264 - Each legion was divided into ten cohorts, each cohort into three maniples, and each maniple into two...
Pagina 32 - De poena possumus equidem dicere id, quod res habet: in luctu atque miseriis mortem aerumnarum requiem, non cruciatum esse; earn cuncta mortalium mala dissolvere; ultra neque curae neque gaudio locum esse.
Pagina 49 - Nam saepe ego audivi Q. Maxumum, P. Scipionem, praeterea civitatis nostrae praeclaros viros solitos ita dicere, cum maiorum imagines intuerentur, vehementissume sibi animum ad virtutem accendi. Scilicet non ceram illam neque figuram tantam vim in sese habere, sed memoria rerum gestarum eam flammam egregiis viris in pectore crescere neque prius sedari quam virtus eorum famam atque gloriam adaequaverit.
Pagina 15 - Sempronia, quae multa saepe virilis audaciae facinora commiserat. Haec mulier genere atque forma, praeterea viro, liberis satis fortunata fuit; litteris Graecis et Latinis docta, psallere, saltare elegantius, quam necesse est probae, multa alia, quae instrumenta luxuriae sunt. Sed ei cariora semper omnia quam decus atque pudicitia fuit; pecuniae an famae minus parceret, haud facile discerneres...
Pagina 352 - Metellus, and he attended him in this war in the character of master of the artificers. Marius, who was one of the council of war that tried him, was not only himself severe against him, but stirred up most of the other judges ; so that it was carried against the opinion of Metellus, and it was much against his will that he passed upon him sentence of death. A short time afterwards, according to Plutarch, the accusation appeared a false one, .and all the other officers sympathized with Metellus,...
Pagina 167 - What daring deed." — Quod flagitium. " What infamous pollution." The distinction between facinus and flagitium should be noted. Facinus denotes a bold or daring action, and unless it be joined with a favourable epithet, or the action be previously described as commendable, the term is always to be understood in a vituperative sense.
Pagina 247 - ... of the senators to different parts of the house. He who presided said, " Let those who are of such an opinion pass over to that side," pointing to a certain quarter, " and those who think differently, to this.
Pagina 220 - It was determined by lot in what manner the tribes should be called. The consuls ordered such as they pleased to be cited out of each tribe, and every one was obliged to answer to his name under a severe penalty, Liv.
Pagina 217 - Tabellarius,) who was made acquainted with the person for whom it was intended. The letter was tied round with a string, the knot of which was sealed. The seal was, generally, a head of the letter-writer, or of some of his ancestors, impressed on wax or chalk. Hence the phrases for " to open a letter," are " vinculum solvere," " incidere linum,"

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