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... king- such a sin was self - ennobled . Did Julius deflower Rome ? Then , by that consummation , he caused her to fulfill the func- tions of her nature ; he compelled her to exchange the imperfect and inchoate condition of a mere fæmina ...
... king- such a sin was self - ennobled . Did Julius deflower Rome ? Then , by that consummation , he caused her to fulfill the func- tions of her nature ; he compelled her to exchange the imperfect and inchoate condition of a mere fæmina ...
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... kings , kesars , or empe- rors , are mere phantoms of royalty . The Cæsar of Western Rome - he only of all earthly potentates , past or to come , could be said to reign as a monarch , - that is , as a solitary king . He 8 THE CÆSARS .
... kings , kesars , or empe- rors , are mere phantoms of royalty . The Cæsar of Western Rome - he only of all earthly potentates , past or to come , could be said to reign as a monarch , - that is , as a solitary king . He 8 THE CÆSARS .
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... king , ( ó ßaoikeus , ) were no longer the rulers of a vast and polished nation . They were regarded as barbarians - potent only by their standing army , not upon the larger basis of civic strength ; and , even under - this limitation ...
... king , ( ó ßaoikeus , ) were no longer the rulers of a vast and polished nation . They were regarded as barbarians - potent only by their standing army , not upon the larger basis of civic strength ; and , even under - this limitation ...
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... kings of Parthia , therefore , were far enough from being regarded in the light of antagonist forces to the majesty of Rome . And , these withdrawn from the comparison , who else was there what prince , what king , what potentate of any ...
... kings of Parthia , therefore , were far enough from being regarded in the light of antagonist forces to the majesty of Rome . And , these withdrawn from the comparison , who else was there what prince , what king , what potentate of any ...
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Thomas De Quincey. proclaims by sound of trumpet to the kings in the four corners of the earth — that they , having dutifully awaited the close of his dinner , may now with his royal license go to their own . - From such vestiges of ...
Thomas De Quincey. proclaims by sound of trumpet to the kings in the four corners of the earth — that they , having dutifully awaited the close of his dinner , may now with his royal license go to their own . - From such vestiges of ...
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