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Page 65
Though I think the greatest deference is due to the opinions of this enlightened
writer in all matters connected with Roman policy , I am at a loss to discover
where this republican spirit is discernible in the government of Sylla . He
declared ...
Though I think the greatest deference is due to the opinions of this enlightened
writer in all matters connected with Roman policy , I am at a loss to discover
where this republican spirit is discernible in the government of Sylla . He
declared ...
Page 69
Stung by them all , thy mercy was effac'd ; But Sylla mangled , when the offence
was pass'd . Heaven's strong examples these fierce rivals seem Of man's worst
passions , in their worst extreme . 976 Pernicious and invincible he stood , Alike ...
Stung by them all , thy mercy was effac'd ; But Sylla mangled , when the offence
was pass'd . Heaven's strong examples these fierce rivals seem Of man's worst
passions , in their worst extreme . 976 Pernicious and invincible he stood , Alike ...
Page 70
To lawless power his usurpation shew'd The conqueror's sword could cut the
speediest road ; And Rome enslav'd by her own arms , declares , ' 986 Her future
Cęsars were but Sylla's heirs . " So many states have lost their liberty by the
sword ...
To lawless power his usurpation shew'd The conqueror's sword could cut the
speediest road ; And Rome enslav'd by her own arms , declares , ' 986 Her future
Cęsars were but Sylla's heirs . " So many states have lost their liberty by the
sword ...
Page 71
Of all the tyrants who domineered over the Romans , ( Tiberius excepted ) Sylla
appears to have been the most detestable . In the atrocious depravity of several
of the emperors , there seems to be a mixture of madness and folly , which
though ...
Of all the tyrants who domineered over the Romans , ( Tiberius excepted ) Sylla
appears to have been the most detestable . In the atrocious depravity of several
of the emperors , there seems to be a mixture of madness and folly , which
though ...
Page 259
Even the execrable Sylla shewed some regard to the prosperity of his country , by
four excellent regulations : first , as the constitution stood originally , that no
reference should be made to the people , and no matter debated in their
assembly ...
Even the execrable Sylla shewed some regard to the prosperity of his country , by
four excellent regulations : first , as the constitution stood originally , that no
reference should be made to the people , and no matter debated in their
assembly ...
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Page 136 - Bene et composite C. Caesar paulo ante in hoc ordine de vita et morte disseruit, credo, falsa existumans quae de inferis memorantur, divorso itinere malos a bonis loca taetra, inculta, foeda atque formidulosa habere. Itaque censuit pecunias eorum publicandas, ipsos per municipia in custodiis habendos...
Page 257 - In the most high and palmy state of Rome, A little ere the mightiest Julius fell, The graves stood tenantless, and the sheeted dead Did squeak and gibber in the Roman streets...
Page xxiv - For my own part, I used to think myself in company as much above me, when I was with Mr. Addison and Mr. Pope, as if I had been with all the Princes in Europe.
Page vii - They are such as render negotiation useless, and must entirely deprive of stability any peace which could be concluded in such circumstances. Where is our security for the performance of a treaty where we have neither the good faith of a nation, nor the responsibility of a monarch ? The moment that the mob of Paris becomes under the influence of a new leader, mature deliberations are reversed, the most solemn engagements are retracted, our free will is altogether controlled by force.
Page x - The country be shut up, lured by the scent, On church-yards drear (inhuman to relate!) The disappointed prowlers fall, and dig The shrouded body from the grave; o'er which, Mix'd with foul shades, and frighted ghosts, they howl.
Page 129 - Caesar cedere, aitque eum elegantem, splendidam quoque atque etiam magnificam et generosam quodam modo rationem dicendi tenere ; et ad Cornelium Nepotem 2 de eodem ita scripsit : " Quid ? oratorem quem huic antepones eorum, qui nihil aliud egerunt ? Quis sententiis aut acutior aut crebrior ? Quis verbis aut ornatior aut elegantior?
Page vi - What could be the effect of any negociation for peace in the present moment ? It is not merely to the character of Marat, with whom we would have to treat, that I object; it is not to the horror of those crimes which have stained their legislators, crimes in every stage rising above another in point of enormity ; but I object to the consequences of that character, to the effect of those crimes.
Page 168 - Triumviratum rei p. constituendae per decem annos administravit ; in quo restitit quidem aliquamdiu collegis ne qua fieret proscriptio, sed inceptam utroque acerbius exercuit. Namque illis in multorum saepe personam per gratiam et preces exorabilibus solus magno opere contendit ne cui parceretur, proscripsitque etiam C. Toranium tutorem suum, eundem collegam patris sui Octavi in...
Page 130 - Phoenissis habebat, quos dicam, ut potero ; incondite fortasse, sed tamen, ut res possit intelligi : " Nam si violandum est jus, regnandi gratia Violandum est : aliis rebus pietatem colas.
Page 23 - ... primum ultimumque illud supplicium apud Romanos exempli parum memoris legum humanarum fuit, in aliis gloriari licet, nulli gentium mitiores placuisse poenas.
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| Title | Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, Esq Roman Portraits, a Poem, in Heroick Verse; with Historical Remarks and Illustrations: by Robert Jephson, Esq, Robert Jephson |
| Author | Robert Jephson |
| Publisher | Henry Baldwin, 1794 |
| Original from | Oxford University |
| Digitized | 4 Dec 2007 |
| Length | 275 pages |
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