Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 58
... Roman poet . To the Iliad , subsequent ages have turned with one accord for images of heroism , traits of nature , grandeur of character . To the Eneid , subsequent times will ever have recourse for touches of pathos , expres- sions of ...
... Roman poet . To the Iliad , subsequent ages have turned with one accord for images of heroism , traits of nature , grandeur of character . To the Eneid , subsequent times will ever have recourse for touches of pathos , expres- sions of ...
Sivu 64
... Roman society , when " corrumpere et corrumpi seculum vocatur . " We may conceive the enchantment with which the Romans , when the Capitol was in all its splendour in the time of Augustus , read his charming description of its shaggy ...
... Roman society , when " corrumpere et corrumpi seculum vocatur . " We may conceive the enchantment with which the Romans , when the Capitol was in all its splendour in the time of Augustus , read his charming description of its shaggy ...
Sivu 74
... Roman victories , is essentially biographical . His inimitable work owes its enduring celebrity to the charm- ing episodes of individual history , or graphic pictures of ticular events with which it abounds ; scarcely any general views ...
... Roman victories , is essentially biographical . His inimitable work owes its enduring celebrity to the charm- ing episodes of individual history , or graphic pictures of ticular events with which it abounds ; scarcely any general views ...
Sivu 75
... Roman story , but announced as lasting truths , applicable to every future generation and to all circumstances of men . In depth of view and justness of observation , these views of the Florentine statesman have never been surpassed ...
... Roman story , but announced as lasting truths , applicable to every future generation and to all circumstances of men . In depth of view and justness of observation , these views of the Florentine statesman have never been surpassed ...
Sivu 76
... Roman empire in the zenith of its power , as it existed in the time of Augustus ; of its decline and long protracted old age , under Constantine and his successors on the Byzantine throne ; of the manners of 76 GUIZOT .
... Roman empire in the zenith of its power , as it existed in the time of Augustus ; of its decline and long protracted old age , under Constantine and his successors on the Byzantine throne ; of the manners of 76 GUIZOT .
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