The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus: During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and ValensBell, 1887 - 646 sider |
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Side 16
... figures unendowed with sense than from a consciousness of upright and honourable actions ; and they even are anxious to have them plated over with gold , a thing which is reported to have been first done in the in- stance of Acilius ...
... figures unendowed with sense than from a consciousness of upright and honourable actions ; and they even are anxious to have them plated over with gold , a thing which is reported to have been first done in the in- stance of Acilius ...
Side 19
... time the mothers of three children , sweeping the pavements with their feet till they are weary , whirling round in rapid gyrations , while representing innumerable groups and figures which the A.D. 353. ] 19 ARROGANCE OF THE RICH .
... time the mothers of three children , sweeping the pavements with their feet till they are weary , whirling round in rapid gyrations , while representing innumerable groups and figures which the A.D. 353. ] 19 ARROGANCE OF THE RICH .
Side 20
... figures which the theatrical plays contain . 21. It is a truth beyond all question , that , when at one time Rome was the abode of all the virtues , many of the nobles , like the Lotophagi , celebrated in Homer , who detained men by the ...
... figures which the theatrical plays contain . 21. It is a truth beyond all question , that , when at one time Rome was the abode of all the virtues , many of the nobles , like the Lotophagi , celebrated in Homer , who detained men by the ...
Side 43
... figure , with soft hair of a golden colour , his newly sprouting beard covering his cheeks with a tender down , and in spite of his youth his countenance showed dignity and authority . He differed as much from the tem- perate habits of ...
... figure , with soft hair of a golden colour , his newly sprouting beard covering his cheeks with a tender down , and in spite of his youth his countenance showed dignity and authority . He differed as much from the tem- perate habits of ...
Side 119
... figures , so here one could see many strange things in that danger ; some unconsciously clinging to others who were good swimmers , others who were floating were pushed off by those less encum- bered as so many logs , others again , as ...
... figures , so here one could see many strange things in that danger ; some unconsciously clinging to others who were good swimmers , others who were floating were pushed off by those less encum- bered as so many logs , others again , as ...
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