A manual of Latin prose compositionJohn W. Parker, 1857 - 190 páginas |
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... battle of Cannæ . The war with Mithri- dates . 88. The end of the street . The surface of the water . 89. Hesiod's sentiment . 90. Every fifth year . 91. One interprets in this way , another in ano- ther way . 92. And no one . In order ...
... battle of Cannæ . The war with Mithri- dates . 88. The end of the street . The surface of the water . 89. Hesiod's sentiment . 90. Every fifth year . 91. One interprets in this way , another in ano- ther way . 92. And no one . In order ...
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... battle . Nor did Flaccus and the consuls decline the contest . The troops on both sides having been drawn up to try the chances of a battle , in which the city of Rome was to be the conqueror's prize , a violent shower mingled with hail ...
... battle . Nor did Flaccus and the consuls decline the contest . The troops on both sides having been drawn up to try the chances of a battle , in which the city of Rome was to be the conqueror's prize , a violent shower mingled with hail ...
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... battle , or fall 10 into some snare , or fly 10 to Juba , or adopt11 some spot for exile , or court11 a voluntary death . Assuredly there was no alternative , 12 if you were unwilling , or did not dare , to trust yourself to the ...
... battle , or fall 10 into some snare , or fly 10 to Juba , or adopt11 some spot for exile , or court11 a voluntary death . Assuredly there was no alternative , 12 if you were unwilling , or did not dare , to trust yourself to the ...
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... battle . At last , after the day had been lost , the dispersion 14 of the mist by the glowing sun having cleared the atmosphere , 15 in the liquid light the mountains and plains at last dis- closed the scene of ruin , 16 and the ...
... battle . At last , after the day had been lost , the dispersion 14 of the mist by the glowing sun having cleared the atmosphere , 15 in the liquid light the mountains and plains at last dis- closed the scene of ruin , 16 and the ...
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... battles : speeches and exhortations are also interposed : but in these an equable 16 and flowing - not an elaborate 17 and contentious 18 - style is required . 14 XXXVIII . - This was generally believed . Hannibal was the only man who ...
... battles : speeches and exhortations are also interposed : but in these an equable 16 and flowing - not an elaborate 17 and contentious 18 - style is required . 14 XXXVIII . - This was generally believed . Hannibal was the only man who ...
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Términos y frases comunes
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Página 100 - ... when, instead of sinking into submission, they are roused to resistance, the time will soon arrive at which every inferior consideration must yield to the security of the sovereign, and to the general safety of the state. There is a moment of difficulty and danger at which flattery and falsehood can no longer deceive, and simplicity itself can no longer be misled.
Página 146 - I purpose to write the history of England from the accession of King James the Second, down to a time which is within the memory of men still living.
Página 105 - ... burial, and we shall perceive the distance to be very great and very strange. But so have I seen a rose newly springing from the clefts of its hood, and, at first, it was fair as the morning, and full with the dew of heaven, as a lamb's fleece ; but when a ruder breath had forced open its virgin modesty, and dismantled its too youthful and unripe retirements, it began to put on darkness...
Página 152 - It was indeed a dreadful evening The howling of the storm mingled with the shrieks of the sea-fowl, and sounded like the dirge of the three devoted beings, who, pent between two of the most magnificent yet most dreadful objects of nature, — -a raging tide and an insurmountable precipice, — toiled along their painful and dangerous path, often lashed by the spray of some giant billow which threw itself higher on the beach than those that had preceded it.
Página 145 - ... it was called by some fine name. The chief trick by which clever men kept up the price of their abilities was called integrity. The chief trick by which handsome women kept up the price of their beauty was called modesty.
Página 149 - I knew well enough (it could not be concealed from any body) the true state of things ; but, in my life, I never came with so much spirits into this house. It was a time for a man to act in. We had powerful enemies ; but we had faithful and determined friends; and a glorious cause.
Página 147 - ... incredible ; how a gigantic commerce gave birth to a maritime power, compared with which every other maritime power, ancient or modern, sinks into insignificance ; how Scotland, after ages of enmity, was at length united to England, not merely by legal bonds, but by indissoluble ties of interest and affection ; how, in America, the British colonies rapidly became far mightier and wealthier than the realms which Cortes and Pizarro had added to the dominions of Charles the Fifth ; how in Asia,...
Página 100 - ... can no longer deceive, and simplicity itself can no longer be misled. Let us suppose it arrived. Let us suppose a gracious wellintentioned prince, made sensible at last of the great duty he owes to his people, and of his own disgraceful situation; that he looks round him for assistance, and asks for no advice, but how to gratify the wishes and secure the happiness of his subjects.
Página 165 - Justitiam legesque et apertis otia portis ; Ille tegat commissa deosque precetur et oret, *» Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis.
Página 88 - ... the spirit of the people. With such a cause as yours, my lord, it is not sufficient that you have the court at your devotion, unless you can find means to corrupt or intimidate the jury. The collective body of the people form that jury; and from their decision there is but one appeal. Whether you have talents to support you at a crisis of such difficulty and danger should long since have been considered.