 | Cornelius Tacitus, Arthur Murphy - Rome - 1822 - 436 pages
...The field of clanger is the field of glory. Without violence and rapine a train of dependants can not be maintained. The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it.' lie demands (r) at one time this warlike horse, at another, that victorious lance imbrued with the... | |
 | Peace - 1827 - 548 pages
...repose. The field of danger is the field of glory. Without violence and rapine a train of dependants cannot be maintained. The chief must show his liberality,...the enemy. The prince's table, however inelegant, nust always be plentiful ; it is the only pay of his followers* v»l. IV. No. 7. 2ft War and depredation... | |
 | Publius Cornelius Tacitus - 1831 - 364 pages
...repose. The field of danger, is the field of glory. Without violence and rapine a train o'f dependants cannot be maintained. The chief must show his liberality,...inelegant, must always be plentiful: it is the only pay of his followers. War and depredation are the ways and means of the chieftain. To cultivate the earth,... | |
 | Jules Michelet - France - 1847 - 832 pages
...train of dependents cannot be maintained. The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expect* it. He demands at one time this warlike horse ; at...inelegant, must always be plentiful : it is the only pay of bis followers. War and depredation are the waya and means of the chieftain."* In the other branch of... | |
 | Science - 1878 - 802 pages
...of causes and effects from early European times downward. Of the ancient Germans, Tacitus says : " The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this war-horse ; at another, that victorious lance imbrued with the enemy's blood. The prince's table, however... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Sociology - 1879 - 270 pages
...relations of causes and effects in early European times. Of the ancient Germans, Tacitus says — " The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this war-horse ; at another, that victorious lance imbrued with the enemy's blood. The prince's table, however... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Manners and customs - 1880 - 286 pages
...these relations of causes and effects in early European times. Of the ancient Germans, Tacitus says—" The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this war-horse; at another, that victorious lance imbrued with the enemy's blood. The prince's table, however... | |
 | Herbert Spencer - Manners and customs - 1883 - 278 pages
...these relations of causes and effects in early European times. Of the ancient Germans, Tacitus says—" The chief must show his liberality, and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this war-horse; at another, that victorious lance imbrued with the enemy's blood. The prince's table, however... | |
 | Jules Michelet - France - 1892 - 492 pages
...violence and rapine, a train of dependents cannot be maintained. The chief must show his liberalits', and the follower expects it. He demands at one time this warlike borse ; at another, that victorious lance imbrued with the blood of the enemy. The prince's table,... | |
 | 1896 - 354 pages
...of union, the most sacred obligation. The chief fights for victory; the followers for their chiefs . The chief must show his liberality, and the follower...inelegant, must always be plentiful : it is the only pay of his followers — Murphy's Translation of Tacitus' Germanifi. Philadelphia, 1892. Vol. V, p. 219, 224,... | |
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If, in the course of a long peace, the people relax into sloth and indolence, it often happens that the young nobles seek a more active life in the service of other states engaged in war. The German mind cannot brook repose. The field of danger is the... 
