The Story of the Roman People: An Elementary History of Rome"How a village kingdom became a mighty republic, how the republic became a world-embracing empire, how that empire, the dread and pride of its millions of subjects, fell so low as to become the sport of its own soldiers." -- Preface. |
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Page 28 - Hew down the bridge, Sir Consul, With all the speed ye may; I, with two more to help me, Will hold the foe in play. In yon strait path a thousand May well be stopped by three. Now who will stand on either hand, And keep the bridge with me ?" Then out spake Spurius Lartius — A Ramnian 13 proud was he : "Lo, I will stand at thy right hand, And keep the bridge with thee.
Page 29 - No sound of joy or sorrow Was heard from either bank; But friends and foes in dumb surprise, With parted lips and straining eyes, Stood gazing where he sank ; And when above the surges They saw his crest appear, All Rome sent forth a rapturous cry, And even the ranks of Tuscany Could scarce forbear to cheer.
Page 30 - And still his name sounds stirring Unto the men of Rome As the trumpet-blast that cries to them To charge the Volscian home, And wives still pray to Juno For boys with hearts as bold As his who kept the bridge so well In the brave days of old.
Page 115 - Roman .who has an altar that belonged to his ancestors, or a sepulchre in which their ashes rest. The private soldiers fight and die, to advance the wealth and luxury of the great; and they are called masters of the world, while they have not a foot of ground in their possession.
Page 28 - Just then a scout came flying. All wild with haste and fear; " To arms! to arms! Sir Consul; Lars Porsena is here." On the low hills to westward The Consul fixed his eye, And saw the swarthy storm of dust Rise fast along the sky.
Page 29 - Back darted Spurius Lartius; Herminius darted back: And, as they passed, beneath their feet They felt the timbers crack. But when they turned their faces, And on the farther shore Saw brave Horatius stand alone, They would have crossed once more.
Page 214 - Roman people," says Aurelian, in an original letter, "speak with contempt of the war which I am waging against a woman. They are ignorant both of the character and of the power of Zenobia. It is impossible to enumerate her warlike preparations of stones, of arrows, and of every species of missile weapons. Every part of the walls is provided with two or three balistce, and artificial fires are thrown from her military engines.
Page 115 - Without houses, without any settled habitations, they wander from place to place with their wives and children ; and their generals do but mock them, when, at the head of their armies, they exhort their men to fight for their sepulchres...
Page 207 - Eighth, consider how much more pain is brought on us by the anger and vexation caused by such acts than by the acts themselves, at which we are angry and vexed.
Page 62 - ... useful knowledge may be made, and how much the men who think and contrive can help those who have to labour with their hands more than their heads. There was once a time in England when the people were content to live in huts made of mud or clay, with no fire-places, chimnies, or windows, and with only a hole in the roof to let the smoke out, and a hole at the side to serve as entrance, and to let the air and light in. Now, in these days, thanks to those who have used their brains well for the...