The Works of Cornelius Tacitus: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Notes, Supplements, &c, Volum 3P. A. Mesier, 1822 |
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Pàgina 460 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off...
Pàgina 209 - ... circus, and assisted in person, sometimes driving a curricle, and occasionally mixing with, the rabble in his coachman's dress. At length the cruelty of these proceedings filled every breast with compassion. Humanity relented in favour of the Christians. The manners of that people were, no doubt, of a pernicious tendency, and their crimes called for the hand of justice ; but it was evident that they fell a sacrifice, not for the public good, but to glut the rage and cruelty of one man only.
Pàgina 208 - They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs; others were nailed to the cross; numbers were burnt alive, and many, covered over with inflammable matter, were lighted up. when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night (e).
Pàgina 119 - London (a) ; a place not dignified with the name of a colony, but the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce.
Pàgina 434 - God, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate and then reassemble to eat in common a harmless meal.
Pàgina 208 - By that event the sect, of which he was the founder, received a blow, which, for a time, checked the growth of a dangerous superstition; but it revived soon after, and spread with recruited...
Pàgina 115 - Druids (a) were ranged in order, with hands uplifted, invoking the gods, and pouring forth horrible imprecations. The novelty of the sight struck the Romans with awe and terror. They stood in stupid amazement, as if their limbs were benumbed, riveted to one spot, a mark for the enemy.
Pàgina 203 - A suspicion prevailed, that to build a new city, and give it his own name, was the ambition of Nero. Of the fourteen quarters, into which Rome was divided, four only were left entire, three were reduced to ashes, and the remaining seven presented nothing better than a heap of shattered houses half in ruins.
Pàgina 442 - Pour toute ambition, pour vertu singuliere, II excelle à conduire un char dans la carriere, A disputer des prix indignes de ses mains, A se donner luy-même en spectacle aux Romains...
Pàgina 205 - A different species of magnificence was now consulted : expansive lakes and fields of vast extent were intermixed with pleasing variety; woods and forests stretched to an immeasurable length, presenting gloom and solitude amidst scenes of open space, where the eye wandered with surprise over an unbounded prospect. This prodigious plan was carried on under the direction of two surveyors, whose names were Severus and Celer. Bold and original in their projects, these men undertook to conquer nature,...