The History of Rome, Volumen2Jones, 1835 |
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Página 95 - Sacra recognosces annalibus eruta priscis, Et quo sit merito quaeque notata dies. Invenies illic et festa domestica vobis ; Saepe tibi pater est, saepe legendus avus.
Página 301 - ... purpose had been splendidly furnished and illuminated. The forms of the court were strictly maintained. Every day, at the appointed hours, the principal officers of the state, the army, and the household, approaching the person of their sovereign with bended knees and a composed countenance, offered their respectful homage as seriously as if he had been still alive. From motives of policy, this theatrical representation was for some time continued ; nor could flattery neglect the opportunity...
Página 302 - ... stood two powers opposed to each other : — on one hand, we behold Tiberius, Caligula and Nero, the earthly gods, and absolute masters of the world, in all the pomp and splendour of ancient paganism — standing, as it were, on the very summit and verge of the old world, now tottering to its ruin : — and, on the other hand, we trace the obscure rise of an almost imperceptible point of light, from which the whole modern world was to spring, and whose further progress and full development, through...
Página 302 - Thus, then, in this period of the world, in this decisive crisis between ancient and modern times, in this great central point of history, stood two powers opposed to each other : — on one hand, we behold Tiberius, Caligula and Nero, the earthly gods, and absolute masters of the world, in all the pomp and splendour of ancient paganism — standing, as it were, on the very summit and verge of the old world, now tottering to its ruin : — and, on the other hand, we trace the obscure rise of an almost...
Página 302 - Christians saw and felt the presence of their invisible King and eternal Lord ; and when their souls overflowed with the plenitude of spiritual and heavenly life, how could they value earthly existence, and how must they not have been willing to sacrifice it in the struggle against the powers of darkness ; for that struggle formed the whole and proper business of their lives...
Página 304 - Trajan also, on the before - mentioned report of the younger Pliny, decided, in the 120th year of our era, that the Christians, who were then uncommonly numerous, were not to be sought after, but that, when denounced, they should be punished according to the law existing against such religious associations and communities. But notwithstanding all these apparent mitigations of severity introduced by the better emperors, the criminal jurisprudence of the Romans, like their foreign warfare, ever remained...
Página 93 - Atque ego cum Graecos facerem, natus mare citra, Versiculos , vetuit me tali voce Quirinus, Post mediam noctem visus, cum somnia vera: „In silvam non ligna feras insanius , ac si „Magnas Graecorum malis implere catervas.
Página 184 - Si me catenis horridus vinctum suis praeberet avidae Caucasus volucri dapem, Scythia gemente flebilis gemitus mihi non...
Página 302 - Christianity," says the same writer, " in its primitive influence, was like an electric stroke, which traversed the world with the rapidity of lightning ; — like a magnetic fluid of life, which united even the most distant members of humanity in one animating pulsation. Public prayer, and the sacred mysteries, formed a stronger and closer bond of love among men than the still sacred ties of kindred and earthly affection. The Christians saw and felt the presence of their invisible King and eternal...
Página 187 - Hinc trahe quse dicas, mensasque relinque Mycenis Cum capite et pedibus, plebeiaque prandia noris." Non equidem hoc studeo, bullatis ut mihi nugis Pagina turgescat dare pondus idonea fumo.