De bello gallico: Commentarius primus [- septimus], Volume 5Clarendon Press, 1914 |
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Page v
... doubtless good reason for this if they are mere ' conflations ' of other books and add no point of excellence to their predecessors . But , apart from the fact that our know- ledge of some Classical authors and their subjects improves ...
... doubtless good reason for this if they are mere ' conflations ' of other books and add no point of excellence to their predecessors . But , apart from the fact that our know- ledge of some Classical authors and their subjects improves ...
Page xiii
... doubtless intended [ at least in part ] to justify before the Roman public what Caesar had done in Gaul . I will explain this in discussing the trust- worthiness of the narrative . There are two main theories about the way in which ...
... doubtless intended [ at least in part ] to justify before the Roman public what Caesar had done in Gaul . I will explain this in discussing the trust- worthiness of the narrative . There are two main theories about the way in which ...
Page xiv
... doubtless been too young to fight three years before ; the statement that the tribe was wellnigh exter- minated may have been only a rhetorical flourish , based upon misleading reports , which Caesar or his secretary had not had time or ...
... doubtless been too young to fight three years before ; the statement that the tribe was wellnigh exter- minated may have been only a rhetorical flourish , based upon misleading reports , which Caesar or his secretary had not had time or ...
Page xvi
... doubtless contained mistakes . Cicero ' complains that books sold by the booksellers of Rome had been care- lessly copied ; and , notwithstanding all the care of proof- readers , few modern books are entirely free from printers ' errors ...
... doubtless contained mistakes . Cicero ' complains that books sold by the booksellers of Rome had been care- lessly copied ; and , notwithstanding all the care of proof- readers , few modern books are entirely free from printers ' errors ...
Page xxiii
... doubtless sometimes exaggerated , probably because he was misinformed , the numbers of his enemies and the losses which he or his officers had inflicted upon them ; he may have concocted an excuse for the one defeat - the defeat at ...
... doubtless sometimes exaggerated , probably because he was misinformed , the numbers of his enemies and the losses which he or his officers had inflicted upon them ; he may have concocted an excuse for the one defeat - the defeat at ...
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