 These I dread the more, as the circumstances of the commonwealth grow daily more prosperous and happy; as the empire increases; as we have now passed over into Greece and Asia, places abounding with every kind of temptation that can inflame the passions;...  Livy: Book XXXI-XXXVIII - Pagina 140di Livy - 1836Visualizzazione completa - Informazioni su questo libro
 | Titus Livius - 1822 - 1344 pagine
...the ruin of every great state. These I dread " the more, as the circumstances of the common" wealth grow daily more prosperous and happy; " as the empire...city with " hostile effect. I already hear too many com" mending and admiring the decorations of Athens " and Corinth, and ridiculing the earthen images... | |
 | Livy - 1823 - 496 pagine
...men in private stations, but of the magistrates : and that the state was endangered by two opposite vices, luxury and avarice : those pests, which have...rather bring us into captivity, than we them. Believe' ih'eJ' those statues from Syracuse made their way into this city' With hostile effect. I already hear... | |
 | Hints - 1843 - 344 pagine
...vanity," say they; "surely, nothing very dreadful can come of that ? It is only becoming in a rewhich have ever been the ruin of every great state. These...will rather bring us into captivity than we them. In the memory of our fathers, Pyrrhus, by his ambassadors, made trial of the dispositions not only... | |
 | Livy - 1859 - 612 pagine
...men in private stations, but of the magistrates : and that the state was endangered by two opposite , vices, luxury and avarice; those pests, which ' have...of temptation that can inflame the passions ; and ağ we have begun to handle even royal treasures : for I greatly fear that these matters will rather... | |
 | Livy - 1870 - 584 pagine
...of the commonwealth grow daily more prosperous and happy ; as the empire increases ; as we have now passed over into Greece and Asia, places abounding...and as we have begun to handle even royal treasures : so much the more do I fear that these matters will bring us into captivity, rather than we them.... | |
 | Livy - 1878 - 580 pagine
...circumstances of the commonwealth grow daily more prosperous and happy; as the empire increases; as we have now passed over into Greece and Asia, places abounding...temptation that can inflame the passions ; and as we have befrun to handle even royal treasures: so much the more do I fear that these matters will bring us... | |
 | Victor Duruy - 1884 - 520 pagine
...as our circumstances grow daily more prosperous and happy; as the empire increases, as we have now passed over into Greece and Asia, places abounding...and as we have begun to handle even royal treasures ; so much the more do I fear that this riches will end by conquering us. Believe me, those statues... | |
 | Joel Dorman Steele, Esther Baker Steele - 1885 - 336 pagine
...of the commonwealth grow daily more prosperous and happy; as the empire increases ; as we have now passed over into Greece and Asia, — places abounding...and as we have begun to handle even royal treasures : so much the more do I fear that these matters will bring us into captivity, rather than we them.... | |
 | Mayo Williamson Hazeltine - 1902 - 462 pagine
...men in private stations, hut of the magistrates ; and that the state was endangered by two opposite vices, luxury and avarice; those pests which have...commending and admiring the decorations of Athens ağd Corinth, and ridiculing the earthen images of our Roman gods that stand on the fronts of their... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1906 - 524 pagine
...of the commonwealth grow daily more prosperous and happy ; as the empire increases ; as we have now passed over into Greece and Asia, places abounding...and as we have begun to handle even royal treasures, so much the more do I fear that these matters will bring us into captivity, rather than we them. "... | |
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