De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... we maintain that Rome lost no liberties by the mighty Julius . That which in tendency , and by the spirit of her institutions - that which , by her very corruptions - and abuses co - operating with her laws , THE CÆSARS . 7.
... we maintain that Rome lost no liberties by the mighty Julius . That which in tendency , and by the spirit of her institutions - that which , by her very corruptions - and abuses co - operating with her laws , THE CÆSARS . 7.
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... spirit to the barbaresque in taste . In reality , some parts of the Byzantine court ritual were arranged in the same spirit as that of China or the Birman em- pire ; or fashioned by anticipation , as one might think , on the practice of ...
... spirit to the barbaresque in taste . In reality , some parts of the Byzantine court ritual were arranged in the same spirit as that of China or the Birman em- pire ; or fashioned by anticipation , as one might think , on the practice of ...
Side 11
... spirit of her own , we may faintly measure the strength of the original impulse given to the feelings of men by the sacred majesty of the Roman throne . How potent must that splendor have been , whose mere reflection shot rays upon a ...
... spirit of her own , we may faintly measure the strength of the original impulse given to the feelings of men by the sacred majesty of the Roman throne . How potent must that splendor have been , whose mere reflection shot rays upon a ...
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... spirit carried him but too prematurely into the fields of adventurous honor . One slight and evanescent sketch of the rela ions which subsisted between Cæsar and his mother , caught - from the wrecks of time , is preserved both by THE ...
... spirit carried him but too prematurely into the fields of adventurous honor . One slight and evanescent sketch of the rela ions which subsisted between Cæsar and his mother , caught - from the wrecks of time , is preserved both by THE ...
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... spirit did Augustus so much conciliate men's minds , as by the readiness with which he participated in their social pleasures , and by the uniform severity with which he refused to apply his influence in any way which could disturb the ...
... spirit did Augustus so much conciliate men's minds , as by the readiness with which he participated in their social pleasures , and by the uniform severity with which he refused to apply his influence in any way which could disturb the ...
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