Lays of Ancient Rome with "Ivry and Armada"Harper & brothers, 1894 - 199 Seiten |
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... Cicero mournfully asks , " are those old verses 66 now ? " * Contemporary with Ennius was Quintus Fabius Pictor , the earliest of the Roman annalists . His account of the infancy and youth of Romulus and Remus has been preserved by ...
... Cicero mournfully asks , " are those old verses 66 now ? " * Contemporary with Ennius was Quintus Fabius Pictor , the earliest of the Roman annalists . His account of the infancy and youth of Romulus and Remus has been preserved by ...
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... Cicero , " that we still had the old ballads of which Cato speaks ! " * 66 Valerius Maximus gives us exactly similar information , without mentioning his authority , and observes that the an- cient Roman ballads were probably of more ...
... Cicero , " that we still had the old ballads of which Cato speaks ! " * 66 Valerius Maximus gives us exactly similar information , without mentioning his authority , and observes that the an- cient Roman ballads were probably of more ...
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... to the Lay of the Battle of Regillus . † Cicero speaks highly , in more than one place , of this poem of Nævius ; Ennius sneered at it , and stole from it . self , and which is a fine specimen of the 20 MACAULAY'S LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
... to the Lay of the Battle of Regillus . † Cicero speaks highly , in more than one place , of this poem of Nævius ; Ennius sneered at it , and stole from it . self , and which is a fine specimen of the 20 MACAULAY'S LAYS OF ANCIENT ROME .
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... Cicero lamented the irreparable loss of the poems mentioned by Cato , a search among the nooks of the Apennines as active as the search which Sir Walter Scott made among the de- scendants of the moss - troopers of Liddesdale might have ...
... Cicero lamented the irreparable loss of the poems mentioned by Cato , a search among the nooks of the Apennines as active as the search which Sir Walter Scott made among the de- scendants of the moss - troopers of Liddesdale might have ...
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... Cicero , and others had villas , and Cicero composed many of his philosophical works . The ancient city remained entire until nearly the end of the twelfth century , and its ruins are still to be seen near the modern Frascati . 98. The ...
... Cicero , and others had villas , and Cicero composed many of his philosophical works . The ancient city remained entire until nearly the end of the twelfth century , and its ruins are still to be seen near the modern Frascati . 98. The ...
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Seite 55 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes, in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear. All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Seite 46 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three: Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius, — A Ramnian proud was he: "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Seite 56 - And now he feels the bottom; Now on dry earth he stands; Now round him throng the Fathers To press his gory hands; And now, with shouts and clapping, And noise of weeping loud, He enters through the River-Gate, Borne by the joyous crowd.
Seite 45 - Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Seite 57 - And in the nights of winter, When the cold north winds blow, And the long howling of the wolves Is heard amidst the snow ; When round the lonely cottage Roars loud the tempest's din, And the good logs of Algidus Roar louder yet within...
Seite 55 - Tiber! father Tiber! To whom the Romans pray, A Roman's life, a Roman's arms, Take thou in charge this day ! ' So he spake, and speaking sheathed The good sword by his side, And with his harness on his back Plunged headlong in the tide.
Seite 38 - The horsemen and the footmen Are pouring in amain, From many a stately market-place; From many a fruitful plain; From many a lonely hamlet, Which, hid by beech and pine, Like an eagle's nest, hangs on the crest Of purple Apennine ; iv.
Seite 84 - Back comes the Chief in triumph. Who, in the hour of fight, Hath seen the Great Twin Brethren In harness on his right. Safe comes the ship to haven, Through billows and through gales, If once the Great Twin Brethren Sit shining on the sails.
Seite 54 - Alone stood brave Horatius, But constant still in mind, Thrice thirty thousand foes before, And the broad flood behind. "Down with him!" cried false Sextus, With a smile on his pale face. "Now yield thee," cried Lars Porsena, "Now yield thee to our grace.
Seite 50 - Comes with his stately stride. Upon his ample shoulders Clangs loud the fourfold shield. And in his hand he shakes the brand Which none but he can wield.