 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 410 pagine
...without immoderate labor, and, if practicable, the end was in no proportion to the expense and labor. But the prodigious and almost impossible had charms...out his own domain, Nero left to the public, was not laid out for the new city in a hurry and without judgment, as was the case after the irruption of the... | |
 | Cornelius Tacitus - 1836 - 780 pagine
...without immoderate labour, and, if practicable, the end was in no proportion to the expense and Inbour. But the prodigious and almost impossible had charms...day. XLIII. The ground, which, after marking out his mvM domain. Nero left to the public, was not laid out for the new city in a hurry and without judgment,... | |
 | John Henry Parker - 1874 - 406 pagine
...after the great fire of Nero, is so much to the purpose that it ought not to be omitted here : — " The ground which, after marking out his own domain, Nero left to the public, was not laid out for the new city in a hurry, and without judgment, as was the case after the irruption of... | |
 | John Henry Parker - 1874 - 420 pagine
...after the great fire of Nero, is so much to the purpose that it ought not to be omitted here : — " The ground which, after marking out his own domain, Nero left to the public, was not laid out for the new city in a hurry, and without judgment, as was the case after the irruption of... | |
 | Gordon Jennings Laing - 1903 - 534 pagine
...without immoderate labor, and, if practicable, the end was in no proportion to the expense and labor. But the prodigious and almost impossible had charms...began to hew a passage through the hills that surround Lake Avernus, and some traces of his deluded hopes are visible at this day. The ground which, after... | |
 | Gordon Jennings Laing - 1903 - 528 pagine
...charms for the enterprising spirit of Nero. He began to hew a passage through the hills that surround Lake Avernus, and some traces of his deluded hopes are visible at this day. The ground which, after marking out his own domain, Nero left to the public, was not laid out for the... | |
 | Frances Ellis Sabin - 1921 - 552 pagine
...without immoderate labor, and, if practicable, the end was in no proportion to the expense and labor. But the prodigious and almost impossible had charms...began to hew a passage through the hills that surround Lake Avernus, and some traces of his deluded hopes are visible at this day. ARTHUR MURPHY Phatoirapk... | |
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The ground, which, after marking out his own domain, Nero left to the public, was not laid out for the new city in a hurry and without judgment, as was the case after the irruption of the Gauls. A regular plan was formed : the streets were made wide and... 