De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 23
... effect , and then dismissed them as inde- pendent wanderers . So ends the first chapter of the tale . The next opens in the passes of the Alps , whither by various routes , of seven or eight hundred miles in extent , these men had ...
... effect , and then dismissed them as inde- pendent wanderers . So ends the first chapter of the tale . The next opens in the passes of the Alps , whither by various routes , of seven or eight hundred miles in extent , these men had ...
Side 34
... effect upon his feelings , and that , in fact , his own dream grew out of the impression which it had made . This way of linking the two anecdotes , as cause and effect , would also bring a third anecdote under the same nexus . We are ...
... effect upon his feelings , and that , in fact , his own dream grew out of the impression which it had made . This way of linking the two anecdotes , as cause and effect , would also bring a third anecdote under the same nexus . We are ...
Side 36
... The whole elements of the scene were almost scenically disposed ; the law of antagonism having perhaps never been employed with so much ― effect the little quiet brook presenting a direct antith- esis 36 THE CÆSARS .
... The whole elements of the scene were almost scenically disposed ; the law of antagonism having perhaps never been employed with so much ― effect the little quiet brook presenting a direct antith- esis 36 THE CÆSARS .
Side 37
Thomas De Quincey. effect the little quiet brook presenting a direct antith- esis to its grand political character ; and the innocent dawn , with its pure , untroubled repose , contrasting potently , to a man of any intellectual ...
Thomas De Quincey. effect the little quiet brook presenting a direct antith- esis to its grand political character ; and the innocent dawn , with its pure , untroubled repose , contrasting potently , to a man of any intellectual ...
Side 48
... effect : " Know that within a few days the king will come up with us , bringing with him sixty thousand legionaries , thirty thousand cavalry , one hundred thousand light troops , besides three hundred elephants . Such being the 48 THE ...
... effect : " Know that within a few days the king will come up with us , bringing with him sixty thousand legionaries , thirty thousand cavalry , one hundred thousand light troops , besides three hundred elephants . Such being the 48 THE ...
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