Selections from LivyAmerican Book Company, 1905 - 375 pagine |
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Pagina 5
... facts , which every student should have in mind while he is reading Livy . The notes are intended to give such assistance and infor- mation as the student will find necessary in his inde- pendent reading of the text . In the belief that ...
... facts , which every student should have in mind while he is reading Livy . The notes are intended to give such assistance and infor- mation as the student will find necessary in his inde- pendent reading of the text . In the belief that ...
Pagina 11
... fact that , simply to make his narrative inter- esting , a writer felt justified in passing lightly over an important incident or in magnifying the importance of a trivial one , and it is not surprising that we find very ob- vious ...
... fact that , simply to make his narrative inter- esting , a writer felt justified in passing lightly over an important incident or in magnifying the importance of a trivial one , and it is not surprising that we find very ob- vious ...
Pagina 13
... facts could be verified to a certain extent by consultation of written records , if , in an uncritical age , the writer felt the need of such verification ; the details he must accept as he found them in popular legend , and sometimes ...
... facts could be verified to a certain extent by consultation of written records , if , in an uncritical age , the writer felt the need of such verification ; the details he must accept as he found them in popular legend , and sometimes ...
Pagina 14
... the form , but there was in some cases a more scholarly treatment of the facts . The antiquarian researches of such men as Varro eliminated from early begin with the Second Punic War and carry the history 14 SELECTIONS FROM LIVY.
... the form , but there was in some cases a more scholarly treatment of the facts . The antiquarian researches of such men as Varro eliminated from early begin with the Second Punic War and carry the history 14 SELECTIONS FROM LIVY.
Pagina 18
... facts as he finds them have been intentionally misstated . He himself was anxious to discover and to state the truth . He ... fact that it is always readable , often intensely interesting . The thought is clear , the style simple . The ...
... facts as he finds them have been intentionally misstated . He himself was anxious to discover and to state the truth . He ... fact that it is always readable , often intensely interesting . The thought is clear , the style simple . The ...
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Parole e frasi comuni
according action animos Appius Apulia Ardea arma army battle Book called Capitolium Capua case castra cavalry city clause common connect construction consul consules deinde dictator eius elsewhere equites esset Etruria fact first following force form Forum found Galli Gauls general given Hannibal Hasdrubal haud hill hostes hostium idea inde infantry Italy Lane later Livy Livy uses Livy's made meaning means mentioned miles name neque noun object omnibus patres patrum people period Perseus phrase place plebeians plebis plural Polyb Polybius position power probably prope Quirinalis rare rarely referring regularly right river Romam Roman Rome Romulus same Samnium says Scipio second see on 21 see on Praef senate senatus sense sentence sine sometimes statement story subj subject taken tamen they thing thought Tiberis time tion town tribunes urbem used usual usually Veii velut verb Via Latina were word words year years
Brani popolari
Pagina 23 - Datur haec venia antiquitati, ut miscendo humana divinis primordia urbium augustiora faciat; et si cui populo licere oportet consecrare origines suas et ad deos referre auctores, ea belli gloria est populo Romano, ut, cum suum conditorisque sui parentem Martem potissimum ferat, tam et hoc gentes humanae patiantur aequo animo, quam imperium g patiuntur.
Pagina 24 - Imperium patiuntur. sed haec et his similia, utcumque animadversa aut existimata erunt, haud in magno equidem 9 ponam discrimine : ad illa mihi pro se quisque acriter intendat animum, quae vita, qui mores fuerint, per quos viros quibusque artibus domi militiaeque et partum et auctum Imperium sit...
Pagina 25 - ... ubi tantus ac tam diu paupertati ac parsimoniae honos fuerit. adeo, quanto rerum minus, tanto minus cupiditatis erat. nuper divitiae avaritiam et abundantes voluptates desiderium per luxum atque libidinem pereundi perdendique omnia invexere.
Pagina 61 - ... sabino bello ait se militantem, quia propter populationes agri non fructu modo caruerit, sed villa incensa fuerit, direpta omnia, pecora abacta, tributum iniquo suo tempore imperatum, aes alienum fecisse. Id, cumulatum usuris, primo se agro paterno avitoque exuisse, deinde fortunis aliis, postremo velut tabem pervenisse ad corpus; ductum se ab creditore non in servitium, sed in ergastulum et carnificinam esse.
Pagina 141 - ... parva quoque, ut ferme principia omnia, et ea ipsa peregrina res fuit. Sine carmine ullo, sine imitandorum carminum actu ludiones ex Etruria acciti, ad tibicinis modos saltantes, haud indecoros motus more Tusco dabant.
Pagina 44 - Quirites, parens urbis huius, prima hodierna luce caelo repente delapsus se mihi obvium dedit. cum perfusus horrore venerabundus adstitissem, petens precibus, 7 ut contra intueri fas esset : 'abi, nuntia...
Pagina 245 - ... et animus suus cuique ante aut post pugnandi ordinem dabat, tantusque fuit ardor animorum, adeo intentus pugnae animus, ut eum motum terrae, qui multarum urbium Italiae magnas partes prostravit avertitque cursu rapidos amnes, mare fluminibus invexit, montes 280 lapsu ingenti proruit, nemo pugnantium senserit.
Pagina 27 - Helenae semper auctores fuerunt, 2 omne ius belli Achivos abstinuisse ; casibus deinde variis Antenorem cum multitudine Enetum, qui seditione ex Paphlagonia pulsi et sedes et ducem rege Pylaemene ad Troiam amisso quaerebant, 3 venisse in intimum maris Hadriatici sinum, Euganeisque, qui inter mare Alpesque incolebant, pulsis, Enetos Troianosque eas tenuisse terras.
Pagina 24 - Hoc illud est praecipue in cognitione rerum salubre ac frugiferum, omnis te exempli documenta in inlustri posita monumento intueri; inde tibi tuaeque rei publicae, quod imitere, capias, inde foedum inceptu, foedum exitu, quod vites.
Pagina 332 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...