The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, כרך 4Longman, 1811 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 30
עמוד 6
... situated at the south of Cilicia , and at the west of Syria . Pliny reports that it was formerly joined to the continent , near Syria ; it was highly celebrated from the supposition of having given birth to Venus , surnamed Cypria , who ...
... situated at the south of Cilicia , and at the west of Syria . Pliny reports that it was formerly joined to the continent , near Syria ; it was highly celebrated from the supposition of having given birth to Venus , surnamed Cypria , who ...
עמוד 8
... situated on the streights of Charybdis , which were supposed to have been formed when the island of Sicily was broken and separated , as it were , from the continent of Italy . This town was subject to violent earthquakes , and by which ...
... situated on the streights of Charybdis , which were supposed to have been formed when the island of Sicily was broken and separated , as it were , from the continent of Italy . This town was subject to violent earthquakes , and by which ...
עמוד 25
... situated on the banks of the modern Lago di Como , in the duchy of Milan : in this short delineation of his wishes , and the familiar questions he puts to his friends , he has presented us with a most delightful and animated picture of ...
... situated on the banks of the modern Lago di Como , in the duchy of Milan : in this short delineation of his wishes , and the familiar questions he puts to his friends , he has presented us with a most delightful and animated picture of ...
עמוד 28
... gardens , situated for supper parties only ; interspersed with fountains , and having in the centre a capacious marble bason , round which the guests were seated , while the different dishes were floating on the surface of 28.
... gardens , situated for supper parties only ; interspersed with fountains , and having in the centre a capacious marble bason , round which the guests were seated , while the different dishes were floating on the surface of 28.
עמוד 32
... situated on a point of land , stretching into the gulph of Naples , about two miles distant from the city , nearly where the modern towns of Portici and Resina , and the royal palace , which separates both , now stand . The neck of land ...
... situated on a point of land , stretching into the gulph of Naples , about two miles distant from the city , nearly where the modern towns of Portici and Resina , and the royal palace , which separates both , now stand . The neck of land ...
מהדורות אחרות - הצג הכל
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
Adrian Alexander Severus Ambrose ancient Antioch Apostate appeared Arcadius army attended Aurelian Aurelius barbarians beautiful Berenice Bleterie brother Cæsar called Caracalla celebrated Christian Chrysostom church command Commodus Constantine Constantinople Constantius Chlorus consulship court cruelty death declared deities delight Diocletian divine Domitian emperor empress enemy erected Eudocia evinced excellent father festival friends Galerius Gallienus Gallus Gaul Gibbon Gods Gordian Gratian Greeks holy bishop honor hundred immediately imperial dignity inhabitants Jews Jovian Julian Jupiter king Libanius Macrinus magnificent manner marble Maximus mind murdered Nerva Nisibis noble Numerian Pagan palace peace persecution Persians Pliny Plotina Pope possessed prætorian prelate prince Probus provinces Pulcheria punish received reign religion rendered resentment Roman empire Rome ruins sacred sanguinary Sapor says senate sent Severus Smyrna soldiers soon succeeded suffered temple Theodosius thousand tion Titus Trajan triumph usurper Valens Valentinian Verus Vespasian victory villa virtues virtuous warlike whole
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...