The Agricola and Germania of Tacitus, with a revised text, Engl. notes [&c.], by A.J. Church and W.J. Brodribb |
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... render them harsh and obscure . A re - action followed in favour of the earlier or Ciceronian style . Of this we have evident traces in Tacitus . He seems to have aimed at combin- ing some of Cicero's most conspicuous graces with the ...
... render them harsh and obscure . A re - action followed in favour of the earlier or Ciceronian style . Of this we have evident traces in Tacitus . He seems to have aimed at combin- ing some of Cicero's most conspicuous graces with the ...
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... rendering has the ad- vantage of giving a meaning to ' assumpserit , ' which comprehends both of its objects ' spem ac ... rendered the certainty and substance . " · 7. Robur . ] ' Substance . ' It is used somewhat similarly for ' the ...
... rendering has the ad- vantage of giving a meaning to ' assumpserit , ' which comprehends both of its objects ' spem ac ... rendered the certainty and substance . " · 7. Robur . ] ' Substance . ' It is used somewhat similarly for ' the ...
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... rendered by ' employed with a view to , ' & c .; ' referre ad aliquid ' being equivalent to our expression to refer to an end ; ' comp . Plin . Epp . 1. 22 , nihil ad ostentationem , omnia ad conscientiam refert . For ' commeatus ' comp ...
... rendered by ' employed with a view to , ' & c .; ' referre ad aliquid ' being equivalent to our expression to refer to an end ; ' comp . Plin . Epp . 1. 22 , nihil ad ostentationem , omnia ad conscientiam refert . For ' commeatus ' comp ...
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... render in which there is , in the case of eminent men , a sinister interpretation put on military glory . This seems far - fetched and disproved by the position of sinistra . ' It is better to join the word to ' erga eminentes ...
... render in which there is , in the case of eminent men , a sinister interpretation put on military glory . This seems far - fetched and disproved by the position of sinistra . ' It is better to join the word to ' erga eminentes ...
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... rendering . 11. Hanc oram . ] i.e. the wedge - like projection of northern Britain . 12. Novissimi maris . ] The furthest sea . Comp . Hist . V. 2 , novissima Libyae , sc . the farthest part 48 CORNELII TACITI AGRICOLA ,
... rendering . 11. Hanc oram . ] i.e. the wedge - like projection of northern Britain . 12. Novissimi maris . ] The furthest sea . Comp . Hist . V. 2 , novissima Libyae , sc . the farthest part 48 CORNELII TACITI AGRICOLA ,
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Page 18 - etiam inter cetera eiectamenta maris iacebat, donee luxuria nostra dedit nomen. Ipsis in nullo usu; rude legitur, informe perfertur, pretiumque mirantes accipiunt. Sucum tamen arborum esse intelligas, quia terrena quaedam atque etiam volucria animalia plerumque interlucent, quae implicata humore mox durescente materia cluduntur. Fecundiora igitur nemora lucosque, sicut orientis secretis, ubi tura
Page 6 - se ac venire patitur. Ea est in re prava pervicacia ; ipsi fidem vocant. Servos condicionis huius per commercia tradunt, ut se quoque pudore victoriae exsolvant. XXV. Ceteris servis non in nostrum morem descriptis per familiam ministeriis utuntur. Suam quisque sedem, suos
Page 10 - assembled forces of the Caledonians under Galgacus. XXV. Ceterum aestate, qua sextum officii annum inchoabat, amplexus civitates trans Bodotriam sitas, quia motus universarum ultra gentium et infesta hostilis exercitus itinera timebantur, portus classe exploravit. Quae ab Agricola primum assumpta in partem virium sequebatur egregia specie, quum simul terra simul mari bellum impelleretur, ac saepe
Page 11 - propinqua luce fulsere signa. Ita ancipiti malo territi Britanni; et Romania rediit animus, ac securi pro salute de gloria certabant. TJltro quin etiam erupere, et fuit atrox in ipsis portarum angustiis proelium, donee pulsi hostes, utroque exercitu certante, his, ut tulisse opem, illis, ne eguisse auxilio viderentur. Quod nisi paludes et silvae fugientes texissent, debellatum ilia victoria foret. XXVII. Cuius
Page 18 - taedae accenditur, alitque flammam, pinguem et olentem; mox ut in picem resinamve lentescit. Suionibus Sitonum gentes continuantur. Cetera similes uno differunt, quod femina dominatur. In tantum non modo a libertate, sed etiam a servitute degenerant. Hie Sueviae finis. XLVI. Tribes of doubtful nationality about, the Vistula. The Peucini, Veneti, Fenni. Savage and miserable life of the Fenni. Fabulous tribes. XLVI. Peucinorum