De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... Amongst modern empires , doubtless , the Spanish of the sixteenth century , and the British of the present , cannot but be admired as prodigious growths out of so small a stem . In that view they will be endless monuments in attestation ...
... Amongst modern empires , doubtless , the Spanish of the sixteenth century , and the British of the present , cannot but be admired as prodigious growths out of so small a stem . In that view they will be endless monuments in attestation ...
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... amongst the heavenly hosts , begging him to keep his distance warily from this or that constellation , and to be cautious of throwing his weight into either hemisphere , until the scale of pro- portions were accurately adjusted . These ...
... amongst the heavenly hosts , begging him to keep his distance warily from this or that constellation , and to be cautious of throwing his weight into either hemisphere , until the scale of pro- portions were accurately adjusted . These ...
Side 19
... amongst them , the Roman emperor , as the great accountant for the happiness of more men , and men more cultivated , than ever before were intrusted to the motions of a single will , had a special , singular , and mysterious relation to ...
... amongst them , the Roman emperor , as the great accountant for the happiness of more men , and men more cultivated , than ever before were intrusted to the motions of a single will , had a special , singular , and mysterious relation to ...
Side 20
... in the Roman empire who should attempt to fly from the wrath of the crown . Such was the ubiquity of the emperor that this was absolutely hopeless . Except amongst / pathless deserts or barbarous nomads , it was impossible 20 THE CÆSARs .
... in the Roman empire who should attempt to fly from the wrath of the crown . Such was the ubiquity of the emperor that this was absolutely hopeless . Except amongst / pathless deserts or barbarous nomads , it was impossible 20 THE CÆSARs .
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... amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his contempt for the vulgar class of auguries . In this , however , he went no farther than Cicero , and other great contemporaries ...
... amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his contempt for the vulgar class of auguries . In this , however , he went no farther than Cicero , and other great contemporaries ...
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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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