De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... body . Nay , considering that even false religions , as those of Pagan mythology , have probably never been utterly stripped of all vestige of truth , but that every such mode of error has perhaps been designed as a process , and ...
... body . Nay , considering that even false religions , as those of Pagan mythology , have probably never been utterly stripped of all vestige of truth , but that every such mode of error has perhaps been designed as a process , and ...
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... body , and the intense anxiety which must have debilitated even Cæsar under the whole circumstances of the case . On the ever memorable night when he had resolved to take the first step ( and in such a case the first step , as regarded ...
... body , and the intense anxiety which must have debilitated even Cæsar under the whole circumstances of the case . On the ever memorable night when he had resolved to take the first step ( and in such a case the first step , as regarded ...
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... and either to forestall the victory of an antagonist , or to avenge their own defeat , it was not at all impossible that a body of incensed competitors might intercept his final triumph by assassination . For this danger 44 THE CESARS .
... and either to forestall the victory of an antagonist , or to avenge their own defeat , it was not at all impossible that a body of incensed competitors might intercept his final triumph by assassination . For this danger 44 THE CESARS .
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... body of par- tisans , both in Rome and elsewhere . Whosoever indeed will take the trouble to investigate the progress of Cæsar's ambition , from such materials as even yet remain , may satisfy himself that the scheme of rev ...
... body of par- tisans , both in Rome and elsewhere . Whosoever indeed will take the trouble to investigate the progress of Cæsar's ambition , from such materials as even yet remain , may satisfy himself that the scheme of rev ...
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... body that Rome , under its present constitution , must fall ; and the sole question was by whom ? Even Pompey , not by nature of an aspiring turn , and prompted to his ambitious course undoubtedly by circumstances and the friends who ...
... body that Rome , under its present constitution , must fall ; and the sole question was by whom ? Even Pompey , not by nature of an aspiring turn , and prompted to his ambitious course undoubtedly by circumstances and the friends who ...
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