 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1843 - 624 pages
...poetry, can we doubt where it had its origin ? ' The early history of Rome,' observes Mr. Macaulay, ' is indeed far more poetical than anything else in...cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabiues, the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, the struggle of Mettus Curtius through... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 438 pages
...which distinguishes the creations of the imagination from the realities of the world in which we live. The early history of Rome is indeed far more .poetical...War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 142 pages
...which distinguishes the creations of the imagination from the realities of the world in which we live. The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical...War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines,... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1843 - 206 pages
...of the world in which we live. The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than any thing else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal...War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines,... | |
 | 1887 - 890 pages
...wrought by poetry over the substance of history. " The early history of Rome," says Niebuhr, "is indeed more poetical than anything else in Latin literature....the God of War ; the cradle laid among the reeds of the Tiber ; the figtree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide ; the... | |
 | 1844 - 514 pages
...itself, remarks as follows : " The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than any thing else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal...War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the she wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines,... | |
 | 1844 - 1022 pages
...itself, remarks as follows : " The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than any thing else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal...War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the she wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, th* fratricide, the rape of the Sabines,... | |
 | 1844 - 1002 pages
...The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than any thing else in Latin literature. Thd loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the she wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, tha 1844.] and Skepticism in History.... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1850 - 90 pages
...Gentes of the Tities,) of NUMA POMPILIUS and of TULLUS HOSTILIUS. [The destruction of Alba Longa.] ' The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical...War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig tree, the shewolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the fratricide, the rape of the Sabines,... | |
 | Henry Hart Milman - 1854 - 210 pages
...poetry, can we doubt where it had its origin ? " The early history of Rome," observes Mr. Macaulay, " is indeed far more poetical than anything else in...the death of Tarpeia, the fall of Hostus Hostilius, m t*j"™* w vfi the struggle of Mettus Curtius through the marsh, the women rushing with torn raiment... | |
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The early history of Rome is indeed far more poetical than anything else in Latin literature. The loves of the Vestal and the God of War, the cradle laid among the reeds of Tiber, the fig-tree, the she-wolf, the shepherd's cabin, the recognition, the... 
