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... general too difficult ; and the writers of the Silver Age , except Pliny and Martial , also proved unsuitable for the purpose in view . No passage has been included that is not , vi Preface of its kind , excellent ; no passage 331814.
... general too difficult ; and the writers of the Silver Age , except Pliny and Martial , also proved unsuitable for the purpose in view . No passage has been included that is not , vi Preface of its kind , excellent ; no passage 331814.
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... general , the earlier passages are somewhat easier than the later . After choosing the extracts , I have tried in various ways to make them more accessible and attractive to the inexperienced reader . ( 1 ) A prefatory note has been ...
... general , the earlier passages are somewhat easier than the later . After choosing the extracts , I have tried in various ways to make them more accessible and attractive to the inexperienced reader . ( 1 ) A prefatory note has been ...
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... general as their patron and protector . Achaei , non antea ausī capessere bellum quam ab Rōmā revertissent lēgātī , ut , quid senātuī placeret , scirent , post reditum lēgātōrum con- cilium ēdixerunt , et lēgātōs ad T. Quinctium 5 ...
... general as their patron and protector . Achaei , non antea ausī capessere bellum quam ab Rōmā revertissent lēgātī , ut , quid senātuī placeret , scirent , post reditum lēgātōrum con- cilium ēdixerunt , et lēgātōs ad T. Quinctium 5 ...
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... general , proposed to lead his army through Macedonia where the king , Philip , was still an ally of Rome . Scipio Africanus , who was on his brother's staff , advises him first to test the loyalty of Philip . Tum Africanus frātrī ...
... general , proposed to lead his army through Macedonia where the king , Philip , was still an ally of Rome . Scipio Africanus , who was on his brother's staff , advises him first to test the loyalty of Philip . Tum Africanus frātrī ...
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... general , he was long president of the Achaean League . In 183 B.C. , when old and in bad health , he was taken prisoner while fighting against Messene and put to death . Iam invesperascēbat , et nōn modo cétera , sed nē in proximam ...
... general , he was long president of the Achaean League . In 183 B.C. , when old and in bad health , he was taken prisoner while fighting against Messene and put to death . Iam invesperascēbat , et nōn modo cétera , sed nē in proximam ...
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Page 26 - O praeclarum diem cum in illud divinum animorum concilium coetumque proficiscar cumque ex hac turba et colluvione discedam ! Proficiscar enim non ad eos solum viros, de quibus ante dixi, verum etiam ad Catonem meum, quo nemo vir melior natus est, nemo pietate praestantior...
Page 22 - Cupidinesque, et quantum est hominum venustiorum: passer mortuus est meae puellae, passer, deliciae meae puellae, quern plus ilia oculis suis amabat — nam mellitus erat suamque norat ipsam tam bene quam puella matrem, nee sese a gremio illius movebat, sed circumsiliens modo hue modo illuc ad solam dominam usque pipiabat.
Page 77 - Denique Democritum postquam matura vetustas admonuit memores motus languescere mentis, sponte sua leto caput obvius obtulit ipse. Ipse Epicurus obit decurso lumine vitae, qui genus humanum ingenio superavit et omnis restinxit, stellas exortus ut aetherius sol.
Page 133 - Nam genus et proavos et quae non fecimus ipsi, vix ea nostra voco; sed enim quia rettulit Aiax * esse lovis pronepos, nostri quoque sanguinis auctor luppiter est, totidemque gradus distamus ab illo.
Page 141 - ... huic versatile ingenium sic pariter ad omnia fuit, ut natum ad id unum diceres quodcumque ageret...
Page 94 - Et velut anteacto nil tempore sensimus aegri, ad confligendum venientibus undique Poenis, omnia cum belli trepido concussa tumultu horrida contremuere sub altis aetheris oris in dubioque fuere utrorum ad regna cadendum omnibus humanis esset terraque marique, sic, ubi non erimus, cum corporis atque animai discidium fuerit quibus e sumus uniter apti.
Page 79 - Me patris Anchisae, quotiens umentibus umbris nox operit terras, quotiens astra ignea surgunt, admonet in somnis et turbida terret imago, me puer Ascanius capitisque iniuria cari, quem regno Hesperiae fraudo et fatalibus arvis.
Page 32 - Panchaia pinguis harenis. haec loca non tauri spirantes naribus ignem 140 invertere satis immanis dentibus hydri, nee galeis densisque virum seges horruit hastis; sed gravidae fruges et Bacchi Massicus umor implevere; tenent oleae armentaque laeta.
Page 14 - Quis fuit, horrendos primus qui protulit enses? quam ferus et vere ferreus ille fuit! tum caedes hominum generi, tum proelia nata, tum brevior dirae mortis aperta via est. 5 an nihil ille miser meruit, nos ad mala nostra vertimus, in saevas quod dedit ille feras? divitis hoc vitium est auri, nec bella fuerunt, faginus adstabat cum scyphus ante dapes.
Page 50 - Et mutam nequiquam alloquerer cinerem, Quandoquidem fortuna mihi tete abstulit ipsum, Heu miser indigne frater adempte mihi. Nunc tamen interea haec prisco quae more parentum Tradita sunt tristi munere ad inferias, Accipe fraterno multum manantia fletu. Atque in perpetuum, frater, ave atque vale.