The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &c, כרך 5Edward Earle. William Fry, Printer., 1813 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 75
עמוד 4
... Rhine . Herennius Gallus receives violent blows from his own soldiers , and is thrown into prison , but released by Vocula . XXIX . Civilis attempts in the night - time to storm the old camp . XXXI . By letters from Antonius the Romans ...
... Rhine . Herennius Gallus receives violent blows from his own soldiers , and is thrown into prison , but released by Vocula . XXIX . Civilis attempts in the night - time to storm the old camp . XXXI . By letters from Antonius the Romans ...
עמוד 5
... Rhine . LXVI . Civilis gives battle to Claudius Labio ; and , having routed him , receives the Batavians and Tungrians under his protection . LXVII . The Lingones defeated by the Sequanians . Julius Sabinus , the Lingonian CONTENTS ...
... Rhine . LXVI . Civilis gives battle to Claudius Labio ; and , having routed him , receives the Batavians and Tungrians under his protection . LXVII . The Lingones defeated by the Sequanians . Julius Sabinus , the Lingonian CONTENTS ...
עמוד 20
... 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 of land bor- dering on the confines of Gaul , and , at the same time , took possession of ...
... 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 of land bor- dering on the confines of Gaul , and , at the same time , took possession of ...
עמוד 21
... Rhine . XIII . The leading chieftains of the nation were Julius Paulus and Claudius Civilis ( a ) , both of royal descent . The former , under a false charge of rebellion , was put to death by Fonteius Capito . Civilis was sent in irons ...
... Rhine . XIII . The leading chieftains of the nation were Julius Paulus and Claudius Civilis ( a ) , both of royal descent . The former , under a false charge of rebellion , was put to death by Fonteius Capito . Civilis was sent in irons ...
עמוד 24
... Rhine . With this reinforcement he found means to storm the winter- quarters of two cohorts , which except the extremity next to the sea , lay open and defenceless . The as- sault was not foreseen , nor were the Romans in force to ...
... Rhine . With this reinforcement he found means to storm the winter- quarters of two cohorts , which except the extremity next to the sea , lay open and defenceless . The as- sault was not foreseen , nor were the Romans in force to ...
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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
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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.