 | Thomas Arnold - Rome - 1845 - 488 pages
...uncle, he was strongly tinged with superstition; he was very.much afraid of thunder and lightning- 17 , and always carried about with him a seal skin, as...unlucky days. He was totally destitute of military 71. •" Suetoni'13, in Augusto, 90. ""' Suetonius, in Augusto, 69. ct seq. to /DO, talent; but in... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - 1845 - 488 pages
...uncle, he was strongly tinged with superstition; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning 217 , and always carried about with him a seal skin, as...unlucky days. He was totally destitute of military 71. " 17 Suetonius, in Augusto, 90. nt Suetonius, in Augusto, 69. et seq. CHAP. talent; but in every... | |
 | Encyclopaedia - 1853 - 680 pages
...uncle, he was strongly tinged with superstition; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning,5 and always carried about with him a seal skin as a...unlucky days. He was totally destitute of military talent ; but in every species of artful policy, in clearly seeing, and steadily and dispassionately... | |
 | Thomas Arnold - Rome - 1882 - 494 pages
...he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning 217, and always carried about with him a seal-skin, as a charm against its power ; notwithstanding which,...unlucky days. He was totally destitute of military 2" Suetonius, in Augusto, 69. et seq. 71. 217 Suetonius, in Augusto, 90. CHAP, talent; but in every... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World History - 1904 - 714 pages
...superstition ; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning, and always carried about with him a sealskin, as a charm against its power ; notwithstanding which,...observer of dreams, and of lucky and unlucky days.<* He neither slighted his own dreams, nor those of other people relating to himself. At the battle of Philippi,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1904 - 730 pages
...superstition ; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning, and always carried about with him a sealskin, as a charm against its power ; notwithstanding which,...observer of dreams, and of lucky and unlucky days.** He neither slighted his own dreams, nor those of other people relating to himself. At the battle of Philippi,... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1907 - 724 pages
...superstition ; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning, and always carried about with him a sealskin, as a charm against its power ; notwithstanding which,...observer of dreams, and of lucky and unlucky days.<* of his tent, on account of being indisposed, yet, upon the occasion of a dream which a friend of his... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - World history - 1907 - 722 pages
...superstition ; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning, and always carried about with him a sealskin, as a charm against its power ; notwithstanding which,...great observer of dreams, and of lucky and unlucky days.d He neither slighted his own dreams, nor those of other people relating to himself. At the battle... | |
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Like his uncle, he was strongly tinged with superstition ; he was very much afraid of thunder and lightning, and always carried about with him a sealskin, as a charm against its power ; notwithstanding which, in any severe storm, he was accustomed to... 