 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 sivua
...are the arts of civil policy. When they have made the world a solitude, they call it peace. XXXI. ' Our children and relatives are dear to us all. It...mask of hospitality and friendship, brands them with dishonor. Our money is conveyed into their treasury, and our corn into their granaries. Our limbs and... | |
 | 1849 - 508 sivua
...violence in the countries they conquered ; and Tacitus makes Galgacus accuse them of these excesses. " Are our wives, our sisters, and our daughters, safe from brutal lust and open violation ? The msidious conqueror, under the mask of hospitality and friendship, brands them with dishonour." When... | |
 | Sir Arthur Keith - 1948 - 478 sivua
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 | Sir Arthur Keith - 1949 - 468 sivua
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The Romans, by a strange singularity of nature, are the only people who invade with equal ardour the wealth and the poverty of nations. To rob, to ravage, and to murder, in their imposing language, are the arts of civil policy. 