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“It is impossible to enumerate the peculiarities and nature of all these trees and plants, on account of the surpassing variety and body of perfume which fall upon and excite the senses, in a manner divine and beyond description.” Strabo, The Geography of Strabo, Volume 3 (of 3) · vivid
He continues attacking Gomara’s account of Otumpan, arguing Díaz and other officers deserve primary credit for holding the line, and he adds examples of Christóbal de Olea’s rescues.
as we saw, and Ordas was severely wounded in three several places. What a great pity it is that Gomara does not write with equal veracity as he does beauty! I was likewise amazed to read what he says of the battle of Otumpan. He boldly asserts that we should have been defeated if Cortes had not been present, for he alone decided the fate of the day by his attack upon the Mexican commander-in-chief, who carried the r…
A note disputes Polo’s claim that rhubarb and ginger grow abundantly near Su-chau, arguing available evidence suggests confusion of sources and that ginger is not among Shang-hai exports for 1865.
amount of 18,756 piculs; none is mentioned at Su-chau.—H. C.] Some one, I forget where, has suggested a confusion with Suh-chau in Kan-suh, the great rhubarb mart, which seems possible. [“Polo is correct in giving Tangut as the native country of Rhubarb (*Rheum palmatum*), but no species of Rheum has hitherto been gathered by our botanists as far south as Kiang-Su, indeed, not even in Shan-tung.” (*Bretschneid…
Further notes describe harbor and river geography for Arabian tribes and places, plus textual corrections and a discussion of the extent and perfume-producing richness of Saba.
[771] Gibel Seik, Gibel el Hawene, and Gibel Hester. [772] The harbour of Charmothas seems to be the ancient Iambo, the “Iambia” of Ptolemy, which now, from the accumulation of soil, is more than a day’s journey into the interior of the country. It is in a fertile territory. The Arabs call it Iambo el Nakel, or Iambo of Palm Trees, to distinguish it from the new Iambo situated on an arid soil on the sea-coast. Al Ch…
The same Amphictyony oath is restated, followed by commentary claiming it is not only military-state language and discussing a later confusion about Roman consuls and a dictatorship nomination.
[139] See ch. 46. [140] This is certainly the meaning of the words of Polybius. But he has confused matters. The two new Consuls designated at the comitia of 249 were C. Aurelius Cotta II and P. Servilius Geminus II, whereas Lucius Junius Pullus was the existing Consul with the disgraced P. Claudius Pulcher. What really happened is made clear by Livy, Ep. 19. The Senate sent Junius with these supplies, recalled Clau…
The editor’s note explains that the electronic Summa Theologica text keeps the Benziger Brothers translation but corrects transcription errors, adds missing structural elements (dedication, contents, prologue), and standardizes citations and article numbering.
TREATISE ON THE TRINITY 27. The Procession of the Divine Persons 28. The Divine Relations 29. The Divine Persons 30. The Plurality of Persons in God 31. Of What Belongs to the Unity or Plurality in God 32. The Knowledge of the Divine Persons 33. Of the Person of the Father 34. Of the Person of the Son 35. Of the Image 36. Of the Person of the Holy Ghost 37. Of the Name of the Holy Ghost--Love 38. Of the …
They examine a potentially corrupt or missing place in a comedy, argue over whether Simo’s line should be read as a threat (“Sine ut eveniat”) or as a conditional (“Sin eveniat”), then talk of dish changes and eggs.
Notice of or not. *Hi.* Prithee, let us have it. *Sb.* There *Simo* speaks after this Manner. Sine ut eveniat, quod volo, In Pamphilo ut nihil sit morae, restat Chremes. *Suppose it happen, as I desire, that there be no delay in* Pamphilus; Chremes *remains.* What is it that troubles you in these Words? *Sb. Sine* being a Term of Threatning, there is nothing follows in this Place that makes for a Threatni…