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... feelings of men by the sacred majesty of the Roman throne . How potent must that splendor have been , whose mere reflection shot rays upon a distant crown , under another heaven , and across the wilderness of fourteen centuries ! Splen ...
... feelings of men by the sacred majesty of the Roman throne . How potent must that splendor have been , whose mere reflection shot rays upon a distant crown , under another heaven , and across the wilderness of fourteen centuries ! Splen ...
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... feeling are sometimes gross and overcharged , as we find them in the very greatest of the Roman poets : for example , it shocks us to find a fine writer in anticipating the future canonization of his patron , and his instalment amongst ...
... feeling are sometimes gross and overcharged , as we find them in the very greatest of the Roman poets : for example , it shocks us to find a fine writer in anticipating the future canonization of his patron , and his instalment amongst ...
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... feeling was exaggerated , but because it was expressed coarsely , and as a physical power : now , every thing physical is measurable by weight , motion , and resistance ; and is therefore definite . But the very essence of whatsoever is ...
... feeling was exaggerated , but because it was expressed coarsely , and as a physical power : now , every thing physical is measurable by weight , motion , and resistance ; and is therefore definite . But the very essence of whatsoever is ...
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... feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it should be found possible . Mean- time , in spite of himself , Lucan for ever betrays ...
... feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it should be found possible . Mean- time , in spite of himself , Lucan for ever betrays ...
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... feeling . Thus , for example , the night before he was assassinated , he dreamt at intervals that he was soar- ing above the clouds on wings , and that he placed his hand within the right hand of Jove . It would seem that perhaps some ...
... feeling . Thus , for example , the night before he was assassinated , he dreamt at intervals that he was soar- ing above the clouds on wings , and that he placed his hand within the right hand of Jove . It would seem that perhaps some ...
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