 | John Jacob Anderson - 1885 - 556 pagine
...horse, and do thou follow to support me: in four days- from this time thou shalt sup in the capitol ." There are moments when rashness is wisdom; and it...have trembled in every limb on that day, and have dropped her wings as if forever, hut Hannibal came not; and if panic, had for one moment unnerved the... | |
 | 1865 - 684 pagine
...narrative, the great English historian describes on a memorable occasion the conduct of Rome. " But there are moments when rashness is wisdom, and it may be that this was one of them ; panic did not for a moment unnerve the iron courage of the American democracy, and their resolute... | |
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But Hannibal came not; and if panic had for one moment unnerved the iron courage of the Roman aristocracy, on the next their inborn spirit revived; and their resolute will, striving beyond its present power, created, as is the... 
