De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... Italian soil ; and , as if by inspiration from Heaven , in one moment involved himself and his followers in treason , raised the stand- ard of revolt , put his foot upon the neck of the invincible republic which had humbled all the ...
... Italian soil ; and , as if by inspiration from Heaven , in one moment involved himself and his followers in treason , raised the stand- ard of revolt , put his foot upon the neck of the invincible republic which had humbled all the ...
Side 115
... Italian history , as , for example , among the most profligate of the Papal houses , and amongst some of the Florentine princes , we find hardly any parallel to the atrocities of Caligula and Nero ; nor indeed was Tiberius much ( if at ...
... Italian history , as , for example , among the most profligate of the Papal houses , and amongst some of the Florentine princes , we find hardly any parallel to the atrocities of Caligula and Nero ; nor indeed was Tiberius much ( if at ...
Side 192
... Italy ; and the season , which happened to be winter , gave strength to their representations . What ! would the emperor be content for ever to hew out the frozen water with an axe before he could assuage his thirst ? And , again , the ...
... Italy ; and the season , which happened to be winter , gave strength to their representations . What ! would the emperor be content for ever to hew out the frozen water with an axe before he could assuage his thirst ? And , again , the ...
Side 196
... he lured him also to destruction , under the belief that he was obeying the summons of his father to a private interview on the Italian frontier . So perished those enemies , if enemies they really were 196 THE CÆSARS .
... he lured him also to destruction , under the belief that he was obeying the summons of his father to a private interview on the Italian frontier . So perished those enemies , if enemies they really were 196 THE CÆSARS .
Side 215
... Italy was the first object of attack . The senate had set a price upon his head ; but there was every probability that he would have triumphed , had he not disgusted his army by immoderate severities . It was , however , but reasonable ...
... Italy was the first object of attack . The senate had set a price upon his head ; but there was every probability that he would have triumphed , had he not disgusted his army by immoderate severities . It was , however , but reasonable ...
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De Quincey's Writings: Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men ..., Bind 1 Thomas De Quincey Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2006 |
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