The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus: And the Dialogue on OratoryMacmillan, 1877 - 205 pages |
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... friends . To speak of uprightness and purity in such a man would be an insult to his virtues . Fame itself , of which even good men are often weakly fond , he did not seek by an ostentation of virtue or by artifice . He avoided rivalry ...
... friends . To speak of uprightness and purity in such a man would be an insult to his virtues . Fame itself , of which even good men are often weakly fond , he did not seek by an ostentation of virtue or by artifice . He avoided rivalry ...
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... friends , moved him in the selection of centurions and soldiers , but it was ever the best man whom he thought most trustworthy . He knew everything , but did not always act on his knowledge . Trifling errors he treated with leniency ...
... friends , moved him in the selection of centurions and soldiers , but it was ever the best man whom he thought most trustworthy . He knew everything , but did not always act on his knowledge . Trifling errors he treated with leniency ...
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... friendship till he could make use of him . I have often heard him say that a single legion with a few auxiliaries could conquer and occupy Ireland , and that it would have a salutary effect on Britain for the Roman arms to be seen ...
... friendship till he could make use of him . I have often heard him say that a single legion with a few auxiliaries could conquer and occupy Ireland , and that it would have a salutary effect on Britain for the Roman arms to be seen ...
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... friendship and hospitality . Our goods and fortunes they collect for their tribute , our harvests for their granaries . Our very hands and bodies , under the lash and in the midst of insult , are worn down by the toil of clearing ...
... friendship and hospitality . Our goods and fortunes they collect for their tribute , our harvests for their granaries . Our very hands and bodies , under the lash and in the midst of insult , are worn down by the toil of clearing ...
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... friends by entering the city at night , and at night too , according to orders , proceeded to the palace , where , having been received with a hurried embrace and without a word being spoken , he mingled in the crowd of courtiers ...
... friends by entering the city at night , and at night too , according to orders , proceeded to the palace , where , having been received with a hurried embrace and without a word being spoken , he mingled in the crowd of courtiers ...
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