De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 12
... present condition of knowledge for man individually , and of organization for man in general - this question waived , and confining ourselves to the comparison of those four monarchies which actually have existed , - of the Assyrian or ...
... present condition of knowledge for man individually , and of organization for man in general - this question waived , and confining ourselves to the comparison of those four monarchies which actually have existed , - of the Assyrian or ...
Side 14
... present , cannot but be admired as prodigious growths out of so small a stem . In that view they will be endless monuments in attestation of the marvels which are lodged in civilization . But considered in and for 14 THE CÆSARS .
... present , cannot but be admired as prodigious growths out of so small a stem . In that view they will be endless monuments in attestation of the marvels which are lodged in civilization . But considered in and for 14 THE CÆSARS .
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... present , probably , in the character of guides , ) and some of the sentinels stationed at the passage of the river . These men fancied even that a strain of music issued from this aerial flute . And some , both of the shepherds and the ...
... present , probably , in the character of guides , ) and some of the sentinels stationed at the passage of the river . These men fancied even that a strain of music issued from this aerial flute . And some , both of the shepherds and the ...
Side 39
... present Chancellor , in his first electioneering contest with the Lowthers , upon some occasion where he was recriminating upon the other party , and complaining that stratagems , which they might practise with impunity , were denied to ...
... present Chancellor , in his first electioneering contest with the Lowthers , upon some occasion where he was recriminating upon the other party , and complaining that stratagems , which they might practise with impunity , were denied to ...
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... present to the Roman people , cost him for the ground merely on which it stood nearly eight hundred thousand pounds . To the citizens of Rome ( perhaps 300,000 persons ) he presented , in one congiary , about two guineas and a half a ...
... present to the Roman people , cost him for the ground merely on which it stood nearly eight hundred thousand pounds . To the citizens of Rome ( perhaps 300,000 persons ) he presented , in one congiary , about two guineas and a half a ...
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