Moralia; Twenty Essays: Translated by Philemon Holland (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

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Let me take, by way of illustration, an example from Livy; I give first of all a literal rendering of the Latin, followed by Holland's version: the passage is from the celebrated twenty first book, where the Roman historian gives us. An unforget able picture of Hannibal's crossing of the Alps.

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