 | 1850 - 298 pages
...treachery of a young female, named Tarpeia^ who promised secretly to open to them one of the gates if they would give her what they wore on their left arms. By this she meant their gold bracelets ; but the Sabine soldiers, despising her baseness, even while... | |
 | Sextus Propertius - 1854 - 508 pages
...the glitter of the bracelets worn by the Sabine soldiery, she promised to betray the fort to them, if they would give her what they wore on their left arms ; whereupon, after having been admitted by her, they threw their shields on her, and crushed her. For... | |
 | Walter Keating Kelly - Classical literature - 1854 - 524 pages
...the glitter of the bracelets worn by the Sabine soldiery, she promised to betray the fort to them, if they would give her what they wore on their left arms ; whereupon, after having been admitted by her, they threw their shields on her, and crushed her. For... | |
 | Thomas Keightley - Rome - 1858 - 532 pages
...met the Sabines, and dazzled by the gold bracelets which they wore, agreed to open a gate for them if they would give her what they wore on their left arms. She kept her promise, but the Sabines cast their shields from their left arms on her as they entered, and... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1862 - 582 pages
...Tarpeia, a daughter of the governor of the Roman citadel, promised to open the gates to the Sabines, if they would give her what they wore on their left arms, meaning their golden bracelets, with the costliness and value of which, she was thus tempted to betray... | |
 | Bennett George Johns - Rome - 1864 - 144 pages
...faithful soldier, but his daughter Tarpeia was false, and offered to let her enemies inside the gates, " if they would give her what they wore on their left arms." She meant their golden * When a trophy was thus iron by the leader of one army over another, the Romans... | |
 | William Smith - Rome - 1865 - 428 pages
...daughter Tarpeia, dazzled by the golden bracelets of the Sabines, promised to betray the hill to them " if they would give her what they wore on their left arms." Her offer was accepted. In the night-time she opened a gate and let in the enemy, but when she claimed... | |
 | John Charles CURTIS - 1869 - 230 pages
...daughter Tarpeia.was dazzled by the golden bracelets of the Sabines, and she promised to admit them if they would give her what they wore on their left arms. During the night she opened a gate, and as the Sabines entered, they cast their shields from their... | |
 | William Smith - Rome - 1874 - 410 pages
...daughter Tarpeia, dazzled by the golden bracelets of the Sabines, promised to betray the hill to them " if they would give her what they wore on their left arms." Her offer was accepted. In the night-time she opened a gate and let in the enemy, but when she claimed... | |
 | Elizabeth Missing Sewell - Rome - 1878 - 272 pages
...Romans would not give their daughters back to them, they determined to declare war against them. 4. Both the Romans and the Sabines were very brave, and...them into the citadel. The Sabines very willingly ajfreed to this ; the tune was fixed, and all the arrangements were made. Tarpeia kept her promise,... | |
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Sabine soldiery, she promised to betray the fort to them, if they would give her what they wore on their left arms ; whereupon, after having been admitted by her, they threw their shields on her, and crushed her. 
