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" 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 Commentaries of Caesar - Page 39
by Anthony Trollope - 1877 - 182 pages
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The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus. Tr. by A.J. Church and W.J. Brodribb

Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1868 - 180 pages
...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...stronger, he suffers himself to be bound and sold. Such is their stubborn persistency in a bad practice ; they themselves call it honour. Slaves of this...
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The Illustrated review, Volume 6

Illustrated review - 1871 - 520 pages
...nothing of their drinking, "as to their gambling, the Germans appear to have surpassed the most civilized of mankind. It was a serious occupation even when...of their own persons. The loser goes into voluntary slaver}'. Though the younger and the stronger he suffers himself to be bound and sold." — P. 52....
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Tacitus

William Bodham Donne - 1873 - 222 pages
...horses, like the Cossack ponies, were hardy and capable of enduring long journeys, but shaggy and low of stature. The Batavians alone among the northern nations...Among the numerous varieties of the human race who flocked to Eome, the Germans had many representatives. They usually formed the Caesar's guard, as the...
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Tacitus

William Bodham Donne - 1873 - 192 pages
...horses, like the Cossack ponies, were hardy and capable of enduring long journeys, but shaggy and low oi stature. The Batavians alone among the northern nations,...and final throw they stake the freedom of their own persona. The loser goes into voluntary slavery. Though the younger and stronger, he suffers himself...
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The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus: And the Dialogue on Oratory

Cornelius Tacitus - 1877 - 234 pages
...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...stronger, he suffers himself to be bound and sold. Such is their stubborn persistency in a bad practice ; they themselves call it honour. Slaves of this...
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Tacitus

William Bodham Donne - 1883 - 202 pages
...error is impossible." As to their gambling, the Germans appear to have surpassed the most civilized of mankind. It was a serious occupation even when...Among the numerous varieties of the human race who flocked to Rome, the Germans had many representatives. They usually formed the Cesar's guard, as the...
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Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text ...

Charles William Colby - 1899 - 378 pages
...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...stronger, he suffers himself to be bound and sold. Such is their stubborn persistency in a bad practice ; they themselves call it honour. Slaves of this...
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Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text ...

Charles William Colby - 1899 - 398 pages
...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...voluntary slavery ; though the younger and stronger, he sutlers himself to be bound and sold. Such is their stubborn persistency in a bad practice ; they themselves...
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Source-book of English History: For the Use of Schools and Readers

Elizabeth Kimball Kendall - 1900 - 538 pages
...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...stronger, he suffers himself to be bound and sold. Such is their stubborn persistency in a bad practice ; they themselves call it honour. Slaves of this...
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The School World, Volume 6

1904 - 504 pages
...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...stronger, he suffers himself to be bound and sold. Such is their stubborn persisiency in a bad practice ; they themselves call it honour." — Cornelius...
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