De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... prince - mysterious , solitary , unique . Each was to the other an adequate counterpart , each reciprocally that perfect mirror which reflected , as it were in alia materia , those incommu- nicable attributes of grandeur , that under ...
... prince - mysterious , solitary , unique . Each was to the other an adequate counterpart , each reciprocally that perfect mirror which reflected , as it were in alia materia , those incommu- nicable attributes of grandeur , that under ...
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... prince , what king , what potentate of any denomination , to break the universal calm , that through centuries continued to lave , as with the quiet undulations of summer lakes , the sacred footsteps of the Cæsarean throne ? The ...
... prince , what king , what potentate of any denomination , to break the universal calm , that through centuries continued to lave , as with the quiet undulations of summer lakes , the sacred footsteps of the Cæsarean throne ? The ...
Side 21
... prince attempt to fly ; but passively met the death which was inevitable , in the very spot where ruin had overtaken him . Nei- ther was it possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the presence of an army so mer ...
... prince attempt to fly ; but passively met the death which was inevitable , in the very spot where ruin had overtaken him . Nei- ther was it possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the presence of an army so mer ...
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... prince would always offer a breathing time and a respite to his friends , were it only by his remoteness , and if not the means of rallying , yet at least the time for rallying , more especially as the escape to his fron- tier would be ...
... prince would always offer a breathing time and a respite to his friends , were it only by his remoteness , and if not the means of rallying , yet at least the time for rallying , more especially as the escape to his fron- tier would be ...
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... prince leaped from his couch , never again to taste the luxury of sleep , and dispatched messengers to his friends . No answers were returned ; and upon that he went personally with a small retinue to their hotels . But he found their ...
... prince leaped from his couch , never again to taste the luxury of sleep , and dispatched messengers to his friends . No answers were returned ; and upon that he went personally with a small retinue to their hotels . But he found their ...
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