De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... nature ; he compelled her to exchange the imperfect and inchoate condition of a mere fæmina for the perfections of a mulier . And , metaphor apart , we maintain that Rome lost no liberties by the mighty Julius . That which in tendency ...
... nature ; he compelled her to exchange the imperfect and inchoate condition of a mere fæmina for the perfections of a mulier . And , metaphor apart , we maintain that Rome lost no liberties by the mighty Julius . That which in tendency ...
Side 8
... nature , and of forcing her to immolate her wild virginity to the state best fitted for the destined " Mother of empires . " Peace , then , rhetoricians , false threnodists of false liberty ! hollow chanters over the ashes of a hollow ...
... nature , and of forcing her to immolate her wild virginity to the state best fitted for the destined " Mother of empires . " Peace , then , rhetoricians , false threnodists of false liberty ! hollow chanters over the ashes of a hollow ...
Side 15
... natural wealth , within her own ring- fence , that since that era no land , no part and parcel of the Roman empire , has ever risen into ... nature . So Frost entirely had Rome engrossed whatsoever was rich by the mere THE CESARS . 15.
... natural wealth , within her own ring- fence , that since that era no land , no part and parcel of the Roman empire , has ever risen into ... nature . So Frost entirely had Rome engrossed whatsoever was rich by the mere THE CESARS . 15.
Side 16
... natural power upon which the Roman throne reposed . The military force which put Rome in pos session of this inordinate power , was certainly in some respects artificial ; but the power itself was natural , and not subject to the ebbs ...
... natural power upon which the Roman throne reposed . The military force which put Rome in pos session of this inordinate power , was certainly in some respects artificial ; but the power itself was natural , and not subject to the ebbs ...
Side 22
... nature , and partly from the neglect and remissness of the provincial magistrates , the robber captain rose from less to more , until he had formed a little army , equal to the task of assaulting fortified cities . In this stage of his ...
... nature , and partly from the neglect and remissness of the provincial magistrates , the robber captain rose from less to more , until he had formed a little army , equal to the task of assaulting fortified cities . In this stage of his ...
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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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