De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 65
... adopt as gospel truths all the party re- proaches of Anthony . Certainly he was utterly unfur- nished by nature with ... adopted by his grand- uncle , Julius . That adoption made him , to all intents and purposes of law , the son of his ...
... adopt as gospel truths all the party re- proaches of Anthony . Certainly he was utterly unfur- nished by nature with ... adopted by his grand- uncle , Julius . That adoption made him , to all intents and purposes of law , the son of his ...
Side 66
... adopted son of the first Cæsar not only escaped assassination , but was enabled to postpone indefinitely the final and military struggle for the vacant seat of empire , and in the mean time to maintain a coequal rank with the leaders in ...
... adopted son of the first Cæsar not only escaped assassination , but was enabled to postpone indefinitely the final and military struggle for the vacant seat of empire , and in the mean time to maintain a coequal rank with the leaders in ...
Side 72
... the whole audience in the Roman theatre had risen upon the entrance of his two adopted sons , at that time not seventeen years old , he was highly displeased , and even thought it necessary to publish his 72 THE CESARS .
... the whole audience in the Roman theatre had risen upon the entrance of his two adopted sons , at that time not seventeen years old , he was highly displeased , and even thought it necessary to publish his 72 THE CESARS .
Side 104
... adopt , from some apprehension that he should be torn to pieces in his road to the forum ; and , at all events , he concluded to postpone it to the following day . Meantime events were now hurrying to their catastrophe , which for ever ...
... adopt , from some apprehension that he should be torn to pieces in his road to the forum ; and , at all events , he concluded to postpone it to the following day . Meantime events were now hurrying to their catastrophe , which for ever ...
Side 133
... adopted the same . practice , but not with the same result ; for to him , either from age or constitution , this very custom proved the original occasion of his last illness . Imitation , indeed , was a general principle of action with ...
... adopted the same . practice , but not with the same result ; for to him , either from age or constitution , this very custom proved the original occasion of his last illness . Imitation , indeed , was a general principle of action with ...
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