De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
Fra bogen
Resultater 1-5 af 25
Side 8
... thousand times that there would have been no perfect Rome ; and , but for Rome , there could have been no such man as Cæsar . Both then were immortal ; each worthy of each . And the Cui viget nihil simile aut secundum of the poet , was ...
... thousand times that there would have been no perfect Rome ; and , but for Rome , there could have been no such man as Cæsar . Both then were immortal ; each worthy of each . And the Cui viget nihil simile aut secundum of the poet , was ...
Side 15
... thousand leagues . and snow are confederates of her strength . She is strong by her very weakness . But Rome laid a belt about the Mediterranean of a thousand miles in breadth ; and within that zone she comprehended not only all the ...
... thousand leagues . and snow are confederates of her strength . She is strong by her very weakness . But Rome laid a belt about the Mediterranean of a thousand miles in breadth ; and within that zone she comprehended not only all the ...
Side 25
... thousand leagues , and he overlooks the dagger which is at his own heart . In short , all the heights and the depths which belong to man as aspirers , all the con- trasts of glory and meanness , the extremities of what is his highest ...
... thousand leagues , and he overlooks the dagger which is at his own heart . In short , all the heights and the depths which belong to man as aspirers , all the con- trasts of glory and meanness , the extremities of what is his highest ...
Side 38
... thousand and half a thousand years . In what manner this spec- tral appearance was managed - whether Cæsar were its author , or its dupe - will remain unknown for ever . But undoubtedly this was the first time that the advanced guard of ...
... thousand and half a thousand years . In what manner this spec- tral appearance was managed - whether Cæsar were its author , or its dupe - will remain unknown for ever . But undoubtedly this was the first time that the advanced guard of ...
Side 40
... thousand ties and by claims innumerable , his own already ; for never yet has it been found , that with the soldier , who , from youth upwards , passes his life in camps , could the duties or the interests of citizens survive those ...
... thousand ties and by claims innumerable , his own already ; for never yet has it been found , that with the soldier , who , from youth upwards , passes his life in camps , could the duties or the interests of citizens survive those ...
Andre udgaver - Se alle
De Quincey's Writings: Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men ..., Bind 1 Thomas De Quincey Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2006 |
Almindelige termer og sætninger
absolute Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civil Commodus danger death Decius defeated Dioclesian discipline doubtless effect Emilianus empire enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul gladiators Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcomanni Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memory military mode moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace Parthia party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular possible prætorian price 75 cents prince prosperity provinces purpose rank reign remarkable republic republican rival Roman emperor Rome sacred says seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed throne Tiberius tion Trajan troops true vast volume whilst whole