De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 5
... less could be said in the naked severity of logic . A million and a half of souls that population , apart from any other distinctions , is per se for London a justifying ground for such a classification ; à fortiori , then , will it ...
... less could be said in the naked severity of logic . A million and a half of souls that population , apart from any other distinctions , is per se for London a justifying ground for such a classification ; à fortiori , then , will it ...
Side 8
... less or different , did Rome unfold and accomplish under this Julian violence . The rape [ if such it were ] of Cæsar , her final Romulus , completed for Rome that which the rape under Romulus , her earliest Cæsar , had prosperously ...
... less or different , did Rome unfold and accomplish under this Julian violence . The rape [ if such it were ] of Cæsar , her final Romulus , completed for Rome that which the rape under Romulus , her earliest Cæsar , had prosperously ...
Side 16
... less than long periods of years . Fortu- nately for those who survive , no arrears of misery are allowed by this scourge of ancient days ; 5 the total penalty is paid down at once . As respected the hand of man , Rome slept for ages in ...
... less than long periods of years . Fortu- nately for those who survive , no arrears of misery are allowed by this scourge of ancient days ; 5 the total penalty is paid down at once . As respected the hand of man , Rome slept for ages in ...
Side 19
... less , with the temple of Jerusalem . Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History , as worthy of notice that Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us not suppose that ...
... less , with the temple of Jerusalem . Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History , as worthy of notice that Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us not suppose that ...
Side 22
... less to more , until he had formed a little army , equal to the task of assaulting fortified cities . In this stage of his adventures , he encountered and defeated several of the imperial officers commanding large detachments of troops ...
... less to more , until he had formed a little army , equal to the task of assaulting fortified cities . In this stage of his adventures , he encountered and defeated several of the imperial officers commanding large detachments of troops ...
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