The Commentaries of Caesar, Volume 9William Blackwood and Sons, 1877 - 182 pages Offers Trollope's chronicles of Julius Caesar's military campaigns. |
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... land which joins Spain to the continent of Europe . This province of Trans- alpine Gaul was already Roman , and to Cæsar was intrusted the task of defending this , and of defending Rome itself , from the terrible valour of the Gauls ...
... land which joins Spain to the continent of Europe . This province of Trans- alpine Gaul was already Roman , and to Cæsar was intrusted the task of defending this , and of defending Rome itself , from the terrible valour of the Gauls ...
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... land , was killed by a son - in - law of Cicero at Smyrna . Of Decimus Brutus , who attacked Marseilles by sea , one Camillus cut off the head and sent it as a present to Antony . Curio , who attempted to master the pro- vince of Africa ...
... land , was killed by a son - in - law of Cicero at Smyrna . Of Decimus Brutus , who attacked Marseilles by sea , one Camillus cut off the head and sent it as a present to Antony . Curio , who attempted to master the pro- vince of Africa ...
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... lands . The wolf , though he be a ravenous wolf , brings with him energy and know- ledge . What may have been Cæsar's own aspirations in regard to Gaul , when the government of the provinces was confided to him , we have no means of ...
... lands . The wolf , though he be a ravenous wolf , brings with him energy and know- ledge . What may have been Cæsar's own aspirations in regard to Gaul , when the government of the provinces was confided to him , we have no means of ...
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... land . In doing so , their easiest way out of their own country would lie by the Rhone , where it now runs through Geneva into France . But in taking this route the Swiss would be obliged to pass over a corner of the Roman province ...
... land . In doing so , their easiest way out of their own country would lie by the Rhone , where it now runs through Geneva into France . But in taking this route the Swiss would be obliged to pass over a corner of the Roman province ...
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... land , and promising that they will do no harm in their passage , he tem- porises with them . He can't give them an answer just then , but must think of it . They must come back to him by a certain day , -when he will have more soldiers ...
... land , and promising that they will do no harm in their passage , he tem- porises with them . He can't give them an answer just then , but must think of it . They must come back to him by a certain day , -when he will have more soldiers ...
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Page 170 - This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitors
Page 170 - He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 166 - Now is it Rome indeed, and room enough, When there is in it but one only man. O ! you and I have heard our fathers say, There was a Brutus once that would have brook'd The eternal devil to keep his state in Rome As easily as a king.
Page 121 - Pelops' line, Or the tale of Troy divine, Or what (though rare) of later age, Ennobled hath the buskined stage. But O, sad Virgin, that thy power Might raise Musaeus from his bower, Or bid the soul of Orpheus sing Such notes as warbled to the string, Drew iron tears down Pluto's cheek, And made Hell grant what Love did seek. Or call up him that left...
Page 166 - Rome, thou hast lost the breed of noble bloods ! When went there by an age, since the great flood, But it was famed with more than with one man?
Page 39 - Strangely enough they make games of hazard a serious occupation even when sober, and so venturesome are they about gaining or losing, that, when every other resource has failed, on the last and final throw they stake the freedom of their own persons. The loser goes into voluntary slavery; though the younger and stronger, he suffers himself to be bound and sold.
Page 30 - I agree with those who think that the tribes of Germany are free from all taint of intermarriages with foreign nations, and that they appear as a distinct, unmixed race, like none but themselves. Hence, too, the same physical peculiarities throughout so vast a population. All have fierce blue eyes, red hair, huge frames, fit only for a sudden exertion. They are less able to bear laborious work. Heat and thirst they cannot in the least endure; to cold and hunger their climate and their soil inure...
Page 139 - Judaea, were to acquire universal empire. These mysterious prophecies had pointed to Vespasian and Titus, but the common people, with the usual blindness of ambition, had interpreted these mighty destinies of themselves, and could not be brought even by disasters to believe the truth. I have heard that the total number of the besieged, of every age and both sexes, amounted to six hundred thousand.
Page 38 - When the multitude think proper, they sit down armed. Silence is proclaimed by the priests, who have on these occasions the right of keeping order. Then the king or the chief, according to age, birth, distinction in war, or eloquence, is heard, more because he has influence to persuade than because he has power to command. If his sentiments displease them, they reject them with murmurs; if they are satisfied, they brandish their spears.
Page 126 - They persisted ; and he, though on the one hand he feared the scandal of a fruitless attempt, yet, on the other, was induced by the entreaties of the men and by the language of his flatterers to hope for success. At last he ordered that the opinion of physicians should be taken, as to whether such blindness and infirmity were within the reach of human skill. They discussed the matter from different points of view. " In the one case," they said, " the faculty of sight was not wholly ' destroyed, and...