Antistius Labeo in Tacitus, (Annal.iii. 75,) and in an epistle of. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Rivarol, whom Burke called the Tacitus of the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [The Idea of Progress An inguiry into its origin and growth] Reference
If so, then it is the victor's peace, creating a wasteland, to paraphrase Tacitus, and calling it peace. From Wordnik.com. [Dissident Voice] Reference
"Tacitus" is a masterpiece of discernment and erudition. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
Settled at Cologne he supervised the publication of his "Tacitus" (Antwerp, 1574). From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy] Reference
51 See the death and character of Sabinus in Tacitus, (Hist. iii. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
Archdeacon Browne, speaking of the style of "Tacitus," says (in his "History of Roman Classical Literature," p. 487), "his brevity. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century] Reference
It makes me long for the pen of Tacitus, on my word. From Wordnik.com. [The French Immortals Series — Complete] Reference
According to Tacitus, it was valued and exchanged for. From Wordnik.com. [Roman Antiquities, and Ancient Mythology For Classical Schools (2nd ed)] Reference
Agricola, the father-in-law of Tacitus, was born at Frejus. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Tacitus speaks of “immolati diis abscissum equi caput.”. From Wordnik.com. [Records of Woodhall Spa and Neighbourhood Historical, Anecdotal, Physiographical, and Archaeological, with Other Matter] Reference
Tacitus states in his Life of Agricola, ch. xi., that there were in. From Wordnik.com. [Welsh Folk-Lore a Collection of the Folk-Tales and Legends of North Wales] Reference
One Gordon (not Thomas Gordon, the translator of Tacitus) translated. From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor, Vol. I, No. 4, April 1810] Reference
So Tacitus, "Annals," i. 5, who relates this story somewhat differently. From Wordnik.com. [Plutarch's Morals] Reference
Saxons, from Germany, and is noticed by Tacitus in his description of that nation. From Wordnik.com. [Microcosmography or, a Piece of the World Discovered; in Essays and Characters] Reference
How much they will translate from Homer and Virgil and Tacitus; from Schiller, Racine. From Wordnik.com. [Hold Up Your Heads, Girls! : Helps for Girls, in School and Out] Reference
The early stages of it are known merely through casual references like those of Tacitus. From Wordnik.com. [Epic and Romance Essays on Medieval Literature] Reference
"The Jews see to it that their numbers increase," wrote the historian Tacitus around A.D. From Wordnik.com. [Holy Family Values] Reference
There is, indeed, a passage in Tacitus referring to fires that issued from the earth near. From Wordnik.com. [Wonders of Creation] Reference
"They create a desert, and call it peace," as Tacitus memorably said of Rome's final solutions. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Margolis: Rebranding the U.S. Mission in Iraq: Welcome "Advisors" and "Assisters"] Reference
It is also the work of a man who admired Tacitus and Gibbon and deeply respected the historical record. From Wordnik.com. [APPRECIATION: SHELBY FOOTE, VOICE OF THE SOUTH] Reference
There she found the Baronet reaching up his hand to take down Livy, after having just replaced Tacitus. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
He is styled by father Brotier, in his preface to his edition of Tacitus, "sacrâ eruditione perceleber.". From Wordnik.com. [The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March] Reference
The dates of the birth and death of Tacitus are uncertain, but it is probable that he was born about 54 A. From Wordnik.com. [Tacitus on Germany] Reference
Commonwealth in terms borrowed from some judgement of Sallust or Tacitus on its wholly different Roman prototype. From Wordnik.com. [The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield] Reference
Not even from Tacitus, upon whom he looked with the greatest favor, could he have acquired his burning and impressive diction. From Wordnik.com. [Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis] Reference
Verres, and when, before a senate which still retained some show of freedom, Tacitus thundered against the oppressor of Africa. From Wordnik.com. [The Ontario High School Reader] Reference
Abdrahaman ben Nassar, bashaw of Abda, was perfectly acquainted with Livy and Tacitus, and had read those works from the library at. From Wordnik.com. [An Account of Timbuctoo and Housa Territories in the Interior of Africa] Reference
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