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... Rome on her colonies and allies ? After the invasion of Italy which were the principal of those who revolted and of those who remained faithful to her ? ... 4. On what occasion in the 2d Punic War was Engineering used to the greatest ...
... Rome on her colonies and allies ? After the invasion of Italy which were the principal of those who revolted and of those who remained faithful to her ? ... 4. On what occasion in the 2d Punic War was Engineering used to the greatest ...
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... Rome invaded by the Gauls - state the story about weighing the gold - who exclaimed “ væ victis ” —the meaning of them ? What is the story of Tertula ? How was Rome rebuilt ? What insur- rection was Manlius concerned in - what was his ...
... Rome invaded by the Gauls - state the story about weighing the gold - who exclaimed “ væ victis ” —the meaning of them ? What is the story of Tertula ? How was Rome rebuilt ? What insur- rection was Manlius concerned in - what was his ...
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... Rome and the Citizens — what was the result of the return of Sylla to Rome ? 5. How many Mithridatic wars were there ? What do you know about Lucullus - of Pompey ? Who defeated Mithridates - what do you know of his death ? What were ...
... Rome and the Citizens — what was the result of the return of Sylla to Rome ? 5. How many Mithridatic wars were there ? What do you know about Lucullus - of Pompey ? Who defeated Mithridates - what do you know of his death ? What were ...
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... Rome there as much by his military success as by his address and engaging behaviour . He returned in 448 A. U. C. , and was elected Consul . After various successes in Sicily he carried the war to Africa . He crushed one Carthaginian ...
... Rome there as much by his military success as by his address and engaging behaviour . He returned in 448 A. U. C. , and was elected Consul . After various successes in Sicily he carried the war to Africa . He crushed one Carthaginian ...
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... Rome against Carthage . He did not succeed . But after his return into Italy being made Consul , he thought of carrying out into execution his long planned project , and of combating Hannibal on the plains of Africa . Having landed on ...
... Rome against Carthage . He did not succeed . But after his return into Italy being made Consul , he thought of carrying out into execution his long planned project , and of combating Hannibal on the plains of Africa . Having landed on ...
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Page 3 - Peace to all such! but were there one whose fires True genius kindles, and fair fame inspires, Blest with each talent and each art to please, And born to write, converse, and live with ease: Should such a man, too fond to rule alone, Bear, like the Turk, no brother near the throne, View him with scornful, yet with jealous eyes, And hate for arts that caused himself to rise, Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer...
Page 54 - O Cromwell, Cromwell, Had I but served my God with half the zeal I served my king, he would not in mine age Have left me naked to mine enemies.
Page 5 - ... as if there were sought in knowledge a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit, or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect, or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon, or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention, or a shop for profit and sale ; and not a rich store-house for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Page 6 - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 1 - O poor hapless nightingale, thought I, How sweet thou sing'st, how near the deadly snare ! Then down the lawns I ran with headlong...
Page 13 - In any right-angled triangle, the square which is described upon the side subtending the right angle, is equal to the squares described upon the sides which contain the right angle.
Page 37 - There is only one cure for the evils which newly acquired freedom produces; and that cure is freedom. When a prisoner first leaves his cell he cannot bear the light of day ; he is unable to discriminate colors or recognize faces.
Page 29 - Tis greatly wise to talk with our past hours ; And ask them, what report they bore to heaven : And how they might have borne more welcome news.