History of RomeWhittaker & Company, 1838 - 539 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 14
... began to be circulated in La'tium , it was natural that the identity of name should have led to the confounding of the Æne'adæ who had survived the destruction of Troy with those who had come to La'tium from the Pelasgic Æ'nus . The ...
... began to be circulated in La'tium , it was natural that the identity of name should have led to the confounding of the Æne'adæ who had survived the destruction of Troy with those who had come to La'tium from the Pelasgic Æ'nus . The ...
Page 19
... began to erect magnificent mansions . From the period of the conquest of Asia until the reign of Augustus , the city daily augmented its splen- 1 Others say that they were named so in honour of Lu'cerus , king of Ardea , according to ...
... began to erect magnificent mansions . From the period of the conquest of Asia until the reign of Augustus , the city daily augmented its splen- 1 Others say that they were named so in honour of Lu'cerus , king of Ardea , according to ...
Page 32
... began to struggle for an equalization of rights , and the patricians resisted them with the most determined energy . In this protracted contest the popular cause prevailed , though the patricians made use of the most violent means to ...
... began to struggle for an equalization of rights , and the patricians resisted them with the most determined energy . In this protracted contest the popular cause prevailed , though the patricians made use of the most violent means to ...
Page 49
... began to prepare a fleet , and luckily obtained an excellent model in a Carthaginian ship that had been driven ashore in a storm . 21. The vessels used for war , were either long ships or banked galleys ; the former were not much used ...
... began to prepare a fleet , and luckily obtained an excellent model in a Carthaginian ship that had been driven ashore in a storm . 21. The vessels used for war , were either long ships or banked galleys ; the former were not much used ...
Page 76
... began the foundation of a city that was one day to give laws to the world . It was called Rome , after the name of the founder , and built upon the Palatine hill , on which he had taken his successful omen - A.M . 3252 , ANTE C. 752 ...
... began the foundation of a city that was one day to give laws to the world . It was called Rome , after the name of the founder , and built upon the Palatine hill , on which he had taken his successful omen - A.M . 3252 , ANTE C. 752 ...
Other editions - View all
The History of Rome: From the Foundation of the City of Rome to the ... Oliver Goldsmith No preview available - 2016 |
The History of Rome: From the Foundation of the City of Rome to the ... Oliver Goldsmith No preview available - 2016 |
Common terms and phrases
ancient Antony appeared appointed arms attempt Augustus battle became began body Brennus Brutus Cæsar called camp Carthage Carthaginians Cassius cause cavalry celebrated citizens Clau'dius Cleopa'tra command conduct conquered conquest consequence conspiracy consul cried cruelties death decemviri defeated desired Domi'tian emperor empire enemy engagement fate father favour followed forces friends Galba Gaul gave German'icus Goths Gracchus Hannibal head honour horse inhabitants Italy Jugurtha Julius Cæsar killed king legions length lictors Ma'rius Man'lius means murdered Nero obliged occasion offered oppose patricians peace person plebeians Pompey Pompey's possessed pretended provinces punished Pyrrhus Questions for Examination received reign resolved Rom'ulus Roman army Rome Sab'ines Samnites seemed senate sent Servius Servius Tullius siege slain slave soldiers soon Spain Strabo success Sylla Tarquin thousand throne Tiberius tion took town Trajan tribunes triumph troops victory virtue Vitellius Volsci wife
Popular passages
Page 59 - He heard it, but he heeded not - his eyes Were with his heart, and that was far away He reck'd not of the life he lost nor prize, But where his rude hut by the Danube lay There were his young barbarians all at play, There was their Dacian mother - he, their sire, Butcher'd to make a Roman holiday All this rush'd with his blood - Shall he expire And unavenged?
Page 169 - The brave man is not he who feels no fear, . For that were stupid and irrational, But he, whose noble soul its fear subdues, And bravely dares the danger nature shrinks from.
Page 310 - Come, Antony, and young Octavius, come, Revenge yourselves alone on Cassius, For Cassius is aweary of the world ; Hated by one he loves ; braved by his brother ! Check'd like a bondman ; all his faults observed, Set in a note-book, learn'd and conn'd by rote, To cast into my teeth.
Page 303 - But yesterday the word of Caesar might Have stood against the world : now lies he there, And none so poor to do him reverence.
Page 528 - Waft, waft, ye winds, His story, And you, ye waters, roll, Till, like a sea of glory, It spreads from pole to pole ; Till o'er our ransomed nature The Lamb for sinners slain, Redeemer, King, Creator, In bliss returns to reign.
Page 339 - O sun ! thy uprise shall I see no more ; Fortune and Antony part here ; even here Do we shake hands. All come to this ? The hearts That spaniel'd me at heels, to whom I gave Their wishes, do discandy, melt their sweets On blossoming Caesar ; and this pine is bark'd, That overtopp'd them all.
Page 1 - Italia! oh Italia! thou who hast The fatal gift of beauty, which became A funeral dower of present woes and past, On thy sweet brow is sorrow plough'd by shame, And annals graved in characters of flame. Oh, God! that thou wert in thy nakedness Less lovely or more powerful, and couldst claim Thy right, and awe the robbers back, who press To shed thy blood, and drink the tears of thy distress...
Page 59 - I see before me the gladiator lie : He leans upon his hand ; his manly brow Consents to death, but conquers agony, And his drooped head sinks gradually low ; And through his side the last drops, ebbing slow From the red gash, fall heavy, one by one, Like the first of a thunder-shower ; and now The arena swims around him ; he is gone, Ere ceased the inhuman shout which hailed the wretch who won.
Page 480 - A crown ! What is it ? It is to bear the miseries of a people ! To hear their murmurs, feel their discontents, And sink beneath a load of splendid care ! To have your best success...