De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... emperor , as the depositary of this charmed power , should have been looked upon as a sacred person , and the imperial family considered a " divina domus . " It is an error to regard this as excess of adulation , or as built originally ...
... emperor , as the depositary of this charmed power , should have been looked upon as a sacred person , and the imperial family considered a " divina domus . " It is an error to regard this as excess of adulation , or as built originally ...
Side 18
... emperor , was vulgarized by this coarse translation into the region of physics . Else it is evident , that any power which , by standing above all human control , occupies the next relation to superhuman modes of authority , must be ...
... emperor , was vulgarized by this coarse translation into the region of physics . Else it is evident , that any power which , by standing above all human control , occupies the next relation to superhuman modes of authority , must be ...
Side 19
... 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 the secret counsels of ...
... 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 the secret counsels of ...
Side 20
... emperor in his life- time.7 To this view of the imperial character and relations must be added one single circumstance , which in some measure altered the whole for the individual who happened to fill the office . The emperor de facto ...
... emperor in his life- time.7 To this view of the imperial character and relations must be added one single circumstance , which in some measure altered the whole for the individual who happened to fill the office . The emperor de facto ...
Side 21
... emperor : if he took the wings of the morning , and fled to the uttermost parts of the earth , there also was the emperor or his lieutenants . But the same omnipres- ence of imperial anger and retribution which withered the hopes of the ...
... emperor : if he took the wings of the morning , and fled to the uttermost parts of the earth , there also was the emperor or his lieutenants . But the same omnipres- ence of imperial anger and retribution which withered the hopes of the ...
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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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