De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it should be found possible . Mean- time , in spite of himself , Lucan for ever betrays his lurking ...
... Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it should be found possible . Mean- time , in spite of himself , Lucan for ever betrays his lurking ...
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... Nero , to divorce her , notwithstanding she was then six months advanced in pregnancy . With this lady , who was distinguished for her beauty , it is certain that he was deeply in love ; and that might be sufficient to account for the ...
... Nero , to divorce her , notwithstanding she was then six months advanced in pregnancy . With this lady , who was distinguished for her beauty , it is certain that he was deeply in love ; and that might be sufficient to account for the ...
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... Nero , the emperor in whom expired the line of the original Cæsars , which strengthen us in a belief of what is otherwise in itself so probable . Nero , in his first distractions , upon receiving the fatal tidings of the revolt in Gaul ...
... Nero , the emperor in whom expired the line of the original Cæsars , which strengthen us in a belief of what is otherwise in itself so probable . Nero , in his first distractions , upon receiving the fatal tidings of the revolt in Gaul ...
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... Nero , were the last princes who had any connection by blood 14 with the Julian house . In Nero , the sixth emperor , expired the last of the Cæsars , who was such in reality . These three were also the first in that long line of ...
... Nero , were the last princes who had any connection by blood 14 with the Julian house . In Nero , the sixth emperor , expired the last of the Cæsars , who was such in reality . These three were also the first in that long line of ...
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... Nero ( for as to Claudius , he came too late to the throne to indulge any propensities of this nature with so little discretion ) was but a variety of the same species . He also was an amateur , and an enthusiastic amateur of murder ...
... Nero ( for as to Claudius , he came too late to the throne to indulge any propensities of this nature with so little discretion ) was but a variety of the same species . He also was an amateur , and an enthusiastic amateur of murder ...
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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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