The Roman Antiquities of Dionysius Halicarnassensis, Volumen3

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Página 239 - ... thefe things within the fpace of fix months, he will again become a private man, without receiving any other reward for thefe actions, than that of being honoured for having performed them.
Página 273 - And rapid as it runs, the single Spokes are lost. The gazing Multitudes admire around; Two active Tumblers in the Center bound; Now high, now low, their pliant Limbs they bend, And gen'ral Songs the sprightly Revel end.
Página 236 - ... the patricians, and entertain an opinion that the tribunitian power, if confiderably ftrengthened, will prove of no advantage, let them learn, that their opinion is erroneous, and their imagination contrary to found reafoning : for if any meafure can tend to preferve this commonwealth, to affure both her liberty and power, and to eftablifh a perpetual union and harmony in all things, the mod effecT.ua!
Página 273 - A figured dance succeeds: such once was seen In lofty Gnossus, for the Cretan queen, Form'd by Daedalean art : a comely band Of youths and maidens, bounding hand in hand.
Página 145 - Let there be peace between the Romans and all the Latin cities as long as the heavens and the earth shall remain where they are. Let them neither make war upon one another themselves nor bring in foreign enemies nor grant a safe passage to those who shall make war upon either.
Página 239 - ... worst of demagogues, become dangerous to* the best citizens, (for the multitude generally give birth to tyranny,) some person of consummate prudence, created dictator by yourselves, will guard against this evil, and not allow them to run into excess ; and being invested with absolute power, and subject to no account, will cut off the infected part of the commonwealth, and not suffer that which is not yet infected to be vitiated; reform the laws ; excite the citizens to virtue, and appoint such...
Página 273 - Here sacred pomp and genial feast delight, And solemn dance, and hymeneal rite; Along the street the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed: The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the soft flute, and cithern's silver sound: Through the fair streets the matrons in a row Stand in their porches, and enjoy the show.
Página 273 - Along the ftreet the new-made brides are led, With torches flaming, to the nuptial bed : The youthful dancers in a circle bound To the foft flute, and cittern's filver found : Through the fair ftreets, the matrons in a row 57$. Stand in. their porches, and enjoy the mow. There, in the forum fwarm a numerous train...
Página 238 - ... power ; and though you committed this magistracy to them, not for an indefinite time, but only for a year, you nevertheless appointed three hundred patricians, the most respectable both for their virtue and their age, of whom this senate is composed, to watch over their conduct ; but you do not seem hitherto to have appointed any to watch over your own, and to keep you within proper bounds. As for...
Página 271 - Broad fpread his moulders, and his nervous thighs By juft degrees, like well-turn'd columns, rife : Ample his cheft, his arms are round and long, And each ftrong joint Minerva knits more ftrong (Attendant on her chief ) : the fuitor-crowd...

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