The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, כרך 4Longman, 1811 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 36
עמוד 1
... court of Claudius , and , by his elegant address , the extreme sweet- ness of his temper , and his amiable disposition , was the delight of the world . His peculiar affection for Britannicus , the son of Claudius , by Messalina , soon ...
... court of Claudius , and , by his elegant address , the extreme sweet- ness of his temper , and his amiable disposition , was the delight of the world . His peculiar affection for Britannicus , the son of Claudius , by Messalina , soon ...
עמוד 28
... court . On the opposite side of the villa was a room , with folding doors , opening to the breeze of the Apennines ; and under it a grotto , which preserved a reflecting coolness in the hottest summer , and opened to the Hippodrome , a ...
... court . On the opposite side of the villa was a room , with folding doors , opening to the breeze of the Apennines ; and under it a grotto , which preserved a reflecting coolness in the hottest summer , and opened to the Hippodrome , a ...
עמוד 45
... equal to his brother in his exploits and fame . On his return , however , to the city , Vespasian obliged him to relinquish his appearance at the public courts , which he constantly attended to render himself popular among the people . 45.
... equal to his brother in his exploits and fame . On his return , however , to the city , Vespasian obliged him to relinquish his appearance at the public courts , which he constantly attended to render himself popular among the people . 45.
עמוד 48
... herself obnoxious to him . by her attachment to the player , Paris , as well as infamous to the court from the profligacy of her conduct . He soon , however , became impatient at the separation , and falsely pretended that , in 148.
... herself obnoxious to him . by her attachment to the player , Paris , as well as infamous to the court from the profligacy of her conduct . He soon , however , became impatient at the separation , and falsely pretended that , in 148.
עמוד 76
... court , which was granted him , but without any remuneration for his zealous and numerous services : and had it not been for the affection of Pliny the younger , who had studied rhetoric with him , the philosopher , would have sunk ...
... court , which was granted him , but without any remuneration for his zealous and numerous services : and had it not been for the affection of Pliny the younger , who had studied rhetoric with him , the philosopher , would have sunk ...
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 150 - And as he journeyed, he came near Damascus; and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven; and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou me?
עמוד 42 - And Jesus said unto them, See ye not all these things? verily I say unto you, There shall not be left here one stone upon another, that shall not be thrown down.
עמוד 360 - A magnificent temple rose in honor of the god of light; and his colossal figure almost filled the capacious sanctuary, which was enriched with gold and gems, and adorned by the skill of the Grecian artists. The deity was represented in a bending attitude, with a golden cup in his hand, pouring out a libation on the earth; as if he supplicated the venerable mother to give to his arms the cold and beauteous Daphne...
עמוד 360 - The temple and the village were deeply bosomed in a thick grove of laurels and cypresses, which reached as far as a circumference of ten miles, and formed in the most sultry summers a cool and impenetrable shade. A thousand streams of the purest water, issuing from every hill, preserved the verdure of the earth and the temperature of the air...
עמוד 382 - The summit of the pike supported a crown of gold, which enclosed the mysterious monogram, at once expressive of the figure of the cross, and the initial letters of the name of Christ.
עמוד 298 - Lydia, an office which he discharged with the greatest moderation and justice. When Julian went into the east, the philosopher promised him success, and even said that his conquests would be more numerous and extensive than those of the son of Philip. He persuaded his imperial pupil that, according to the doctrine of metempsychosis, his body was animated by the soul which once animated the hero whose greatness and victories he was going to eclipse.
עמוד 190 - Maximinus has been represented by historians as of a gigantic stature ; he was eight feet high, and the bracelets of his wife served as rings to adorn the fingers of his hand. His voracity was as remarkable as his corpulence ; he generally ate 40 pounds of flesh every day, and drank 18 bottles of wine.
עמוד 157 - The sounds of this subterraneous cave were all necessarily directed to one common tympanum, which had a communication with an adjoining loom where Dionysius spent the greatest part of his time to hear whatever was said by those whom his suspicion and cruelty had confined in the apartments above.
עמוד 145 - The officers that were employed in his execution having disposed all other things, came according to custom to nail him to the stake; which he desired them to omit, assuring them, that he who gave him strength to endure the fire, would enable him, without nailing, to stand immovable in the hottest flames. So they only tied him...