 | C. P. Bronson - 1845 - 390 páginas
...By time and ill success, to a submission 1 Semproniu.i, speak. — Sempronitu. My voice is ft, ill for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate, Which of the two to choose, slavery, or death? A*o ,* let us rise nt once, gird on oar swords, And, at tbe head of our remaining... | |
 | William Russell - 1845 - 410 páginas
...the former we have examples in all sudden and forcible or emphatic exclamations, as in the following: "Gods! can a Roman senate long debate which of the two to choose, slavery or death?" Of the latter, (in which from the absence of emotion the force of utterance is of... | |
 | American Institute of the City of New York - 1848 - 854 páginas
...silken balloon of " fine writing," or works himself up to an awful oratorical rage in declaiming " Gods! can a Roman Senate long debate which of the two to choose, slavery or death!" or that equally as novel passage, "Romans! countrymen and lovers! hear me, for my... | |
 | Thomas King Greenbank - 1849 - 446 páginas
...subdued at length, and wrought By time and ill success to a submission ? Sempronius, speak. Sempronius. My voice is still for war. Gods! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ? No ; let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And at the head of our remaining troops,... | |
 | Joshua Leavitt - 1850 - 324 páginas
...force. As when Sempronius, animated with Roman courage, urges the Senate to defend their liberties : Gods ! can a Roman Senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ? No ! let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 páginas
...so far from giving it for one monkey, I would not have given it for a whole wilderness of monkeys.] Can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death 1 [That is, other senates may, but can a Roman one ?] Curse not the king, no, not... | |
 | John Celivergos Zachos - 1851 - 570 páginas
...throne Of beauty ruled the earth ! And we are Romans ! MISS MITFOR» SPEECH OFSEMPRONIUS FOR WAR. Mr voice is still for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose — slavery or death ? No ; let us rise at once, gird on our swords, A.nd, at the head of our remaining... | |
 | William Russell - 1851 - 392 páginas
...the former we have examples in all sudden and forcible or emphatic exclamations, as in the following: "Gods! can a Roman senate long debate which of the two to choose, slavery or death?" Of the latter, (in which from the absence of emotion the force of utterance is of... | |
 | William Draper Swan - 1851 - 442 páginas
...so far from giving it for owe monkey, I would not havo given it for a whole wilderness of monkeys.] Can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ! [That is, other senates may, but can a Roman one ?] Curse not the king, no, not... | |
 | Alexander Haldane - 1852 - 708 páginas
...celebrated speech of Cassius, in Addison's " Cato," beginning :— " My voice is still for war ! What ! can a Roman Senate long debate Which of the two to choose, — slavery or death ? " To enable him to give due effect to this piece of declamation, which certainly... | |
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My voice is still for war. Gods ! can a Roman senate long debate Which of the two to choose, slavery or death ? No ; let us rise at once, gird on our swords, And, at the head of our remaining troops, Attack the foe, break through the thick array Of his... 
