THE  CONSTRUCTION  OP  RESPECT PHRASES            6^

regiment, some from another, charged the enemy on the right
flank. 5. The one division ^ retired quickly to the mountain;
the other fiercely charged our right flank. 6. Two daughters
of the chief and the little son of one of his sons were captured ^
and held as hostages. 7. To Caesar alone of all the Roman
commanders the senate intrusted the entire province of Gaul.
8. If you have no grain left, you can arrive at Caesar's camp
to-morrow by a forced march without any danger. 9. Neither
captain performed well his duty either to his commander or to
the state. 10. Some of the messengers tell one story,* some
another. 11. Those barbarians wish to obtain control of the
whole province. 12. They allow no wine and no pack animals
at all to be imported into their territories. 13. I shall place
neither of you in command of an entire regiment, for I have not
much confidence in you. 14. No friendship can exist between
us ^; for you are remaining in Gaul with your army, nor will
even scarcity of provisions drive you into your own territories.
15. With a swarm of darts the men of the tenth legion alone
drive out the enemy from both camps to the opposite bank of
the river. 16. It is not the custom of the Roman people to
grant any conditions of peace to an enemy. I shall therefore
allow you neither to remain here nor to settle in Gaul at all.

I. * certain.' 2. Express by the plural of alter without a noun.
3. Watch the agreement here. 4. ^ tell other things '; use no noun.
5.   ^ No friendship can be to me with you.'
 

LESSON  XIII

THE CONSTRUCTION OF RESPECT PHRASES

66. Certain phrases in English express the respect in which
an assertion is made or in which an estimate is taken. These
phrases are introduced chiefly by in respect to, in the way of, in.