De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against himself ; and here it is , at this point , that the character of Roman emperor became truly and mysteriously awful . Gibbon has taken notice of the extraordinary ...
... character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against himself ; and here it is , at this point , that the character of Roman emperor became truly and mysteriously awful . Gibbon has taken notice of the extraordinary ...
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... , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto been a sealed book . CHAPTER I. THE character of the first Cæsar has perhaps 26 THE CESARS .
... , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto been a sealed book . CHAPTER I. THE character of the first Cæsar has perhaps 26 THE CESARS .
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... character , finely expressed . But if it had been Lucan's purpose ( as possibly , with a view to Pompey's benefit , in some respects it was ) utterly and extravagantly to falsify the character of the great Dictator , by no single trait ...
... character , finely expressed . But if it had been Lucan's purpose ( as possibly , with a view to Pompey's benefit , in some respects it was ) utterly and extravagantly to falsify the character of the great Dictator , by no single trait ...
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... character , and a touch of the devil in him , very rarely united with the same tranquil intrepidity . But for Cæsar , the all - accom- plished statesman , the splendid orator , the man of elegant habits and polished taste , the patron ...
... character , and a touch of the devil in him , very rarely united with the same tranquil intrepidity . But for Cæsar , the all - accom- plished statesman , the splendid orator , the man of elegant habits and polished taste , the patron ...
Side 29
... character . It is probable , also , that he wrote with a vindictive or a malicious feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it ...
... character . It is probable , also , that he wrote with a vindictive or a malicious feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it ...
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