 It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of his earlier years were lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its...  Autobiography and Reminiscences - Page 319by David Patterson Dyer - 1922 - 357 pagesFull view - About this book
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1843 - 524 pages
...sceptres are most chiefly to be envied for that they bestow the power of thus conquering and ruling thus. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign has its claim also. But how... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Elocution - 1844 - 900 pages
...sceptres are most chiefly to be envied for that they bestow the power of thus conquering and ruling thus. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign has its claim also. But how... | |
 | John Epy Lovell - Readers - 1846 - 540 pages
...sceptres are most chiefly to be envied for that they bestow the Power of thus conquering and ruling thus. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of tos earlier years were lost — that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - Great Britain - 1849 - 412 pages
...the whole civil branch of the common law. Near the close he said: " It was the boast of Augustus—it formed part of the glare in which the perfidies of his earlier years were lost—that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble—a praise not unworthy a great prince. But... | |
 | Robert Joseph Sullivan - 1850 - 524 pages
...are near at hand, but is not able to discern things at a distance. 12. It was the boast of Augustus, that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble. But how much nobler will be our Sovereign's boast when he shall have to say, that he found law dear, and left it cheap ; found... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 780 pages
...sceptres are most chiefly to be envied for that they bestow the power of thus conquering and ruling. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...that he found Rome of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign has its claims also. But how... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 702 pages
...are most chiefly to be envied, for that they bestow the power of thus conquering, and ruling thus. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...that he found Rome of brick, and le,ft it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present reign also has its claims. But how... | |
 | United States - 1851 - 608 pages
...are most chiefly to be envied, for that they bestow the power of thus conquering, and ruling thus. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...perfidies of his earlier years were lost — that he found Home of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prince, and to which the present... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1851 - 768 pages
...sceptres are most chiefly to be envied for that they bestow the power of thus conquering and ruling. It was the boast of Augustus — it formed part of...perfidies of his earlier years were lost — that he found Home of brick, and left it of marble ; a praise not unworthy a great prinee, and to which the present... | |
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