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... History may with probability be ascribed to some year between A.D. 103 and 106. A very interesting letter of Pliny's ( Epist . IX . 27 ) very probably refers to it . It was still , we know , in course of preparation when his Epistles VI ...
... History may with probability be ascribed to some year between A.D. 103 and 106. A very interesting letter of Pliny's ( Epist . IX . 27 ) very probably refers to it . It was still , we know , in course of preparation when his Epistles VI ...
Page xvi
... historical faculty , he stands first among Roman writers . These qualities are con- tinually reflected in his style . In the language of the time , permeated as it was with Greek ideas and phrases , he found an instrument ready to his ...
... historical faculty , he stands first among Roman writers . These qualities are con- tinually reflected in his style . In the language of the time , permeated as it was with Greek ideas and phrases , he found an instrument ready to his ...
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... history must always make it of interest to us . Besides a description of the geography of Britain and of the general character of its inhabitants , in ac- cordance with the best information which Tacitus could procure , we have also a ...
... history must always make it of interest to us . Besides a description of the geography of Britain and of the general character of its inhabitants , in ac- cordance with the best information which Tacitus could procure , we have also a ...
Page 36
... history . ' But it may be opposed to ' vidimus , ' and imply that Tacitus was himself absent and heard only of these occurrences . Kritz refers it to the Acta Diurna , and would understand by it , ' it was positively recorded ( so evil ...
... history . ' But it may be opposed to ' vidimus , ' and imply that Tacitus was himself absent and heard only of these occurrences . Kritz refers it to the Acta Diurna , and would understand by it , ' it was positively recorded ( so evil ...
Page 95
... history , or more generally , the fame that waits on noble deeds . ' ( C and B. ) 14. Obruit . This is Haupt's emendation for obruet , the reading of the MSS . It has the merit of bringing out more forcibly the antithesis between ...
... history , or more generally , the fame that waits on noble deeds . ' ( C and B. ) 14. Obruit . This is Haupt's emendation for obruet , the reading of the MSS . It has the merit of bringing out more forcibly the antithesis between ...
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