The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &c, כרך 5Edward Earle. William Fry, Printer., 1813 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 49
עמוד 20
... barbarians against the Roman empire . The Batavians ( a ) , while they dwelt beyond the Rhine , were a part of the people called the Cattians . Driven from their native country by intestine com- motions , they settled on a waste tract ...
... barbarians against the Roman empire . The Batavians ( a ) , while they dwelt beyond the Rhine , were a part of the people called the Cattians . Driven from their native country by intestine com- motions , they settled on a waste tract ...
עמוד 21
... Barbarians , he wished to avoid an open rupture with Rome , and , to that end , affected to espouse the cause of Vespasian . To this conduct some colour was given by the letters which he re- ceived from Antonius , directing him to make ...
... Barbarians , he wished to avoid an open rupture with Rome , and , to that end , affected to espouse the cause of Vespasian . To this conduct some colour was given by the letters which he re- ceived from Antonius , directing him to make ...
עמוד 24
... Barbarians . Deputies were sent to the Caninefates , to invite them into the confederacy . That nation occupies part of the island ( a ) , in their origin , their manners , language , and military virtue , equal to the Batavians , but ...
... Barbarians . Deputies were sent to the Caninefates , to invite them into the confederacy . That nation occupies part of the island ( a ) , in their origin , their manners , language , and military virtue , equal to the Batavians , but ...
עמוד 34
... thousand men , inspired the Barbarians with hope and courage . It is true , that within the lines there was a numerous body of sutlers and followers of the army , who , on the first alarm , had fled to the camp for 34 THE HISTORY.
... thousand men , inspired the Barbarians with hope and courage . It is true , that within the lines there was a numerous body of sutlers and followers of the army , who , on the first alarm , had fled to the camp for 34 THE HISTORY.
עמוד 35
... Barbarians would dare to seek the legions in their entrenchments . It followed , by consequence , that no pains were employed to add to the natural strength of the place ; no works were thrown up to secure the ramparts ; courage and mi ...
... Barbarians would dare to seek the legions in their entrenchments . It followed , by consequence , that no pains were employed to add to the natural strength of the place ; no works were thrown up to secure the ramparts ; courage and mi ...
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afterwards Agrippinian ancient Annals Antonius APPEN arms Barbarians Batavians battle BOOK V.
A. U. C. Brotier says Bructerians called camp Cattians cavalry Cerealis Charlevoix chief Cimbri Civilis Classicus cohorts command custom Danube death deities Domitian emperor empire enemy father favour Flaccus Florus fury Gallus Gaul Geographical Table Germans gods hand Helvidius Hercynian forest Hist honour Hordeonius Flaccus horse inhabitants Italy Jerusalem Jews Josephus Judæa Julius Cæsar king land legions liberty Lingones manner Mattiaci mentioned military mind Mucianus nations natural Nero northern Ocean passions peace Piso Pliny prince prodigious province race rank reign Rhine river Rome Rugians ruin Salic law Sarmatia savage SECTION senate sent siege sion slaughter slaves soldiers spirit Suetonius Suevians Suiones sword Tacitus temple territory tion Titus tract Treverians tribes Ubians valour Vangiones Veleda Vespasian victory vigour Vitellius Vocula warlike whole worship
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 404 - Pretty ! in amber to observe the forms Of hairs, or straws, or dirt, or grubs, or worms ! The things, we know, are neither rich nor rare, But wonder how the devil they got there.
עמוד 269 - Who knows but He whose hand the lightning forms, Who heaves old ocean, and who wings the storms, Pours fierce ambition in a Caesar's mind...
עמוד 322 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my trembling heart.
עמוד 131 - Egyptians worship various animals, 70and also certain symbolical representations, which are the work of man; the Jews acknowledge one God only, and him they see in the mind's eye, and him they adore in contemplation, condemning, as impious idolators, all who with perishable materials, wrought into the human form, attempt to give a representation of the Deity. The God of the Jews is the great governing mind (»'), that directs and guides the whole frame of nature, eternal, infinite, and neither capable...
עמוד 277 - In six days the Lord made heaven and earth, and rested the seventh day : wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day, and hallowed it.
עמוד 169 - A voice from the east, a voice from the west, a voice from the four winds, a voice against Jerusalem and the holy house, a voice against the bridegrooms and the brides, and a voice against this whole people!
עמוד 390 - The ancient Icelandic mythology calls him " the author of every thing that existeth; the eternal, the ancient, the living and awful Being, the searcher into concealed things, the Being that never changeth.
עמוד 136 - On the death of Herod, a man of the name of Simon, without waiting for the authority of the emperor, seized the sovereignty. He, however, was punished for his ambition by Quinctilius Varus, the governor of Syria; and the nation, reduced to submission, was divided in three portions between the sons of Herod.
עמוד 219 - For this purpose a number of milkwhite steeds, unprofaned by mortal labor, are constantly maintained at the public expense, and placed to pasture in the religious groves. When occasion requires, they are harnessed to a sacred chariot, and the priest, accompanied by the king or chief of the state, attends to watch the motions and the neighing of the horses. No other mode of augury is received with such implicit faith by the people, the nobility, and the priesthood. The horses upon these solemn occasions...
עמוד 223 - The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this warlike horse, at another that victorious lance imbrued with the blood of the enemy. The prince's table, however inelegant, must always be plentiful : it is the only pay of his followers.