De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... eye , yet in parts ( and those not far removed ) unfathomable as outer darkness , ( for no chamber in a dungeon could shroud in more impenetrable concealment a deed of murder than the upper chambers of the air , ) — these attributes ...
... eye , yet in parts ( and those not far removed ) unfathomable as outer darkness , ( for no chamber in a dungeon could shroud in more impenetrable concealment a deed of murder than the upper chambers of the air , ) — these attributes ...
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... eyes were supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo- nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in ...
... eyes were supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo- nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in ...
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... . Nor did his dangers always arise from persons in the rank of competitors and rivals . Sometimes it menaced him in quarters which his eye had never penetrated , and from enemies too obscure to have reached his ear THE CESARS . 21.
... . Nor did his dangers always arise from persons in the rank of competitors and rivals . Sometimes it menaced him in quarters which his eye had never penetrated , and from enemies too obscure to have reached his ear THE CESARS . 21.
Side 22
... draw upon himself the emperor's eye , and the honor of his personal displeasure . In high wrath and disdain at the insults offered to his eagles by this fugitive slave , Commodus fulminated against him such an edict 22 THE CÆSARS .
... draw upon himself the emperor's eye , and the honor of his personal displeasure . In high wrath and disdain at the insults offered to his eagles by this fugitive slave , Commodus fulminated against him such an edict 22 THE CÆSARS .
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... eyes were black and piercing . These circumstances con- tinued to be long remembered , and no doubt were constantly recalled to the eyes of all persons in the imperial palaces , by pictures , busts , and statues ; for we find the same ...
... eyes were black and piercing . These circumstances con- tinued to be long remembered , and no doubt were constantly recalled to the eyes of all persons in the imperial palaces , by pictures , busts , and statues ; for we find the same ...
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