History of Rome, for young persons, Volum 1T. Hatchard, 1847 |
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History of Rome, for young persons, Volum 1 Elizabeth Caroline Johnstone Gray Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1847 |
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Side 72 - The next and most common form is that which has the two-faced head of Janus on one side, and the prow of a ship on the other (whence the expression used by Roman boys in tossing up, Capita...
Side 389 - Archimedes said that he could move the world if he had a point whereon to rest his machine. Who has not felt the same aspirations as regards the world of his own mind ? Having to wield some of its elements when I was impelled to write this poem on the
Side 6 - India is a perfect geographical whole, equipped with ideal natural frontiers. A large country, almost as rich in natural resources as the United States and Russia, India can have a more or less self-sufficient economy. To partition it would...
Side 22 - On the death of a king the senate took entire charge of the government ; the senators ruled by turns, each for a period of five days, in the order determined by lot. The ruler for the time being was termed in'ter-rex, and the period between the death of a king and the election of his successor was an in-ter-reg'num.
Side 321 - ... never be wounded in battle or taken prisoner. Owing to this report it was stolen from her, and for some time it was not known what had become of it. At last she learnt that it had been offered for sale to a powerful chief, who had purchased it for a large sum of money.
Side 387 - Forum, where a cord was given to the virgins, of which they all took hold, and then advanced in measured step, keeping time to the music of their voices.
Side 347 - Romans had gained Sicily, Capua, and Sardinia, and were allied with Pergamus and the Grecian states. Hannibal ruled in Africa, Spain, Lucania, Apulia, and Bruttium, and was allied with Macedon and Bythinia.