The Rubicon; Or, Historical Allusions Familiarized,: In Sketches of Early Roman HistoryJ. Souter, School Library, 73, St. Paul's Churchyard., 1830 - 171 עמודים |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 7
עמוד 43
... relate . This good old man was succeeded by Lucius Tarquinius , surnamed Superbus , or the proud , who , having despatched his father - in - law , seated himself upon the throne , and put to death all whom he suspected of favouring Tul ...
... relate . This good old man was succeeded by Lucius Tarquinius , surnamed Superbus , or the proud , who , having despatched his father - in - law , seated himself upon the throne , and put to death all whom he suspected of favouring Tul ...
עמוד 46
... relate some particulars of her history . This lady was equal- ly celebrated for her beauty , her prudence , and what was singular , in that dissipated age , her attachment to her husband and her home . It is said that , one evening ...
... relate some particulars of her history . This lady was equal- ly celebrated for her beauty , her prudence , and what was singular , in that dissipated age , her attachment to her husband and her home . It is said that , one evening ...
עמוד 72
... relate some particulars to - morrow , but we have been so deeply en- gaged to - day , that I fear we have exceeded the hour allowed by your papa for Philip's stay with us . " CHAPTER V. " I AM SO happy you are come 72 THE RUBICON .
... relate some particulars to - morrow , but we have been so deeply en- gaged to - day , that I fear we have exceeded the hour allowed by your papa for Philip's stay with us . " CHAPTER V. " I AM SO happy you are come 72 THE RUBICON .
עמוד 92
... relate to your sister the anecdote respecting the gulph which is said to have opened in the forum ? " " I will do it with pleasure , mamma ; but are you going to leave us ? " " I am obliged to go upon a little business ; therefore ...
... relate to your sister the anecdote respecting the gulph which is said to have opened in the forum ? " " I will do it with pleasure , mamma ; but are you going to leave us ? " " I am obliged to go upon a little business ; therefore ...
עמוד 122
... relate what took place at that celebrated battle , may I say something about Fabius , for I know Anne will like to hear it ? " " Certainly , Philip , if you wish it . " " Then Anne , I must first tell you , that the Romans were so ...
... relate what took place at that celebrated battle , may I say something about Fabius , for I know Anne will like to hear it ? " " Certainly , Philip , if you wish it . " " Then Anne , I must first tell you , that the Romans were so ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Æmilius amongst Appius army assistance battle battle of Cannae Brennus brother called Camillus Carthage Carthaginians celebrated CHAPTER character chosen Collatinus command conquered consul continued Coriolanus countrymen courage Crassus crime daughter dear Anne Dear mamma death Decemviri defeated destroyed dreadful enemy entreated exclaimed Fabius fable father Faustulus feelings friends Gauls gave girl give gods Gracchus Hannibal hear hero honour hope Italy Jugurtha Julius Cæsar killed king Latin laws Licinian law Lucretia mamma Manlius Marius mean Metellus mother neighbour obliged papa party Patricians patron peace person Philip Plebeians Pompey pray go present prince prisoners Punic punished Pyrrhus refused Regulus reign Remus Roman History Rome Romulus Rubicon Sabines Samnites saved Scipio senate sent Servius Tullius shewed slave soldiers soon story Stratton suppose Sylla Tarpeian rock Tarquinius tell temple Tribunes troops Tullus Virginius virtue Volsci Volscians wife wish word young
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 114 - ... the efficient ally of the Romans in the last campaign of the war, all the territory which she had wrested from him. Carthage also gave up her fleet and her elephants to the Romans, and agreed to pay to Rome a yearly tribute of two hundred talents, and bound herself to enter upon no war in the future without the consent of the Romans. Thus ended the Second Punic War, after a continuance of seventeen years (BC 218201), in the humiliation of Carthage, which now virtually lost her national independence...
עמוד 12 - How happy is the blameless vestal's lot ? The world forgetting, by the world forgot...
עמוד 41 - Thus resolved, they all for some time showed their spirit, and kept their word ; but soon they found, that instead of mortifying the belly by these means, they only undid themselves ; they languished for a while, and perceived, when too late, that it was owing to the belly that they had strength to work, or courage to mutiny.
עמוד 90 - Fabricius, it would be as easy to turn the sun from his course as thee from the path of honor ! " In gratitude for the noble conduct of Fabricius and the Roman Senate, Pyrrhus immediately sent Cineas to Rome with his thanks, and at once released all the Romans whom he had taken prisoners, and sent them home rich with presents. The Romans, nevertheless, still firmly...
עמוד 82 - The last good kins; whom willing Rome obey'd Was the poor offspring of a captive maid ; Yet he those robes of empire justly bore, Which Romulus, our sacred founder, wore: Nicely he gain'd, and well possest the throne, Not for his father's merit, but his own, And reign'd, himself a family alone. When...
עמוד 47 - ... dream, he flew to take up his mother, who had fallen at his feet, crying out, " Oh ! my mother, thou hast saved Rome, but lost thy son." He accordingly gave orders to draw off the army, pretending to the officers, that the city was too strong to be taken. Tullus, who had long envied Coriolanus, was not remiss in aggravating the lenity of his conduct to his countrymen.