De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 34
... doubt : she dreamed , in fact , that after the roof of their mansion had fallen in , her husband was stabbed in her bosom . Laying all these omens to- gether , Cæsar would have been more or less than human had he continued utterly ...
... doubt : she dreamed , in fact , that after the roof of their mansion had fallen in , her husband was stabbed in her bosom . Laying all these omens to- gether , Cæsar would have been more or less than human had he continued utterly ...
Side 42
... doubt that he , like others , owed something to circumstances ; and perhaps , amongst those which were most favorable to the premature development of great self - dependence , we must reckon the early death of his father . It is , or it ...
... doubt that he , like others , owed something to circumstances ; and perhaps , amongst those which were most favorable to the premature development of great self - dependence , we must reckon the early death of his father . It is , or it ...
Side 45
... doubt he would return with victory , and with the ensigns of the dignity he sought , or would return a corpse . Early indeed did Cæsar's trials commence ; and it is probable , that , had not the death of his father , by throwing him ...
... doubt he would return with victory , and with the ensigns of the dignity he sought , or would return a corpse . Early indeed did Cæsar's trials commence ; and it is probable , that , had not the death of his father , by throwing him ...
Side 52
... doubt simply by whom that revolution should be accomplished — Cæsar had ( to say the least ) the same right to enter the arena in the character of candi- date as could belong to any one of his rivals . And that he did enter that arena ...
... doubt simply by whom that revolution should be accomplished — Cæsar had ( to say the least ) the same right to enter the arena in the character of candi- date as could belong to any one of his rivals . And that he did enter that arena ...
Side 57
... doubt were constantly recalled to the eyes of all persons in the imperial palaces , by pictures , busts , and statues ; for we find the same description of his personal appear- ance three centuries afterwards , in a work of the Emperor ...
... doubt were constantly recalled to the eyes of all persons in the imperial palaces , by pictures , busts , and statues ; for we find the same description of his personal appear- ance three centuries afterwards , in a work of the Emperor ...
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