The Agricola and Germany of Tacitus: And the Dialogue on OratoryMacmillan, 1877 - 205 Seiten |
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... attributed it to Tacitus , though called in question by some scholars and critics , appears to be on the whole a reasonable one . A. J. C. W. J. B. ADVERTISEMENT . THE " Dialogue about Famous Orators " concludes viii PREFACE .
... attributed it to Tacitus , though called in question by some scholars and critics , appears to be on the whole a reasonable one . A. J. C. W. J. B. ADVERTISEMENT . THE " Dialogue about Famous Orators " concludes viii PREFACE .
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... whole island . There is , however , a large and irregular tract of land which juts out from its furthest shores , taper- ing off in a wedge - like form . Round these coasts of remotest ocean the Roman fleet then for the first time ...
... whole island . There is , however , a large and irregular tract of land which juts out from its furthest shores , taper- ing off in a wedge - like form . Round these coasts of remotest ocean the Roman fleet then for the first time ...
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... whole force at- tacked by night the ninth Legion , as being the weakest , and cutting down the sentries , who were asleep or panic - stricken , they broke into the camp . And now the battle was raging within the camp itself , when ...
... whole force at- tacked by night the ninth Legion , as being the weakest , and cutting down the sentries , who were asleep or panic - stricken , they broke into the camp . And now the battle was raging within the camp itself , when ...
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... whole strength of all their states . More than 30,000 armed men were now to be seen , and still there were pressing in all the youth of the country , with all whose old age was yet hale and vigorous , men renowned in war and bearing ...
... whole strength of all their states . More than 30,000 armed men were now to be seen , and still there were pressing in all the youth of the country , with all whose old age was yet hale and vigorous , men renowned in war and bearing ...
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... whole battalions with arms in their hands before a few pursuers , while some , who were unarmed , actually rushed to the front and gave themselves up to death . Everywhere there lay scattered arms , corpses , and mangled limbs , and the ...
... whole battalions with arms in their hands before a few pursuers , while some , who were unarmed , actually rushed to the front and gave themselves up to death . Everywhere there lay scattered arms , corpses , and mangled limbs , and the ...
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