 | Robert Jephson - Epic poetry, English - 1794 - 382 pages
...Oppos'd him to a rival still more great,4 More wise, more young, more bold, and fortunate.5BATTLE 4 Nee coi'ere pares ; alter vergentibus annis In senium,...togse tranquillior usu, Dedidicit jam pace ducem: — . LUCAN. 1. 5. 129. * The superiority of Caesar's personal character over Pompey's appears in several... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1839 - 742 pages
...to take early and vigorous measures for their defence, and they are almost always caught unprepared. Nee coiere pares : alter vergentibus annis In senium...longoque togse tranquillior usu, Dedidicit jam pace ducem ; — Nee reparare novas vires, multumque priori Credere fortunee. Stat magni nominis umbra.* A smaller... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Great Britain - 1852 - 640 pages
...vigorous measures for their defence, and they are almost always caught unprepared. — Nee cb'iere pares : alter vergentibus annis In senium, longoque togse tranquillior usu, Dedidicit jam pace ducem ; Nee reparare novas vires, multumque priori Credere fortunse. Stat magni nominis umbra s. A smaller... | |
 | Charles Churchill, William Tooke - 1854 - 368 pages
...follies well, and you would swear Folly had been his first, his only care ; • alter vergentibus axmis' In senium, longoque togse tranquillior usu Dedidicit...dare in vulgus : totus popularibus auris Impelli, plausuque sui guatfere theatri : Nee reparare novas vires; multumque priori Credere fortunse ; stat... | |
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... For, first, the greater number is generally composed of men of sluggish tempers, slow to act and unwilling to attempt; and, by being in possession, are so disposed to peace, that they are unwilling to take early and vigorous measures for their defence,... 