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... Whilst the emperor's mighty arms were stretched out to arrest some potentate in the heart of Asia , a poor slave is silently and stealthily creeping round the base of the Alps , with the purpose of winning his way as a mur- derer to the ...
... Whilst the emperor's mighty arms were stretched out to arrest some potentate in the heart of Asia , a poor slave is silently and stealthily creeping round the base of the Alps , with the purpose of winning his way as a mur- derer to the ...
Side 33
... whilst a crowd of other birds were seen to hang upon its flight in close pursuit . What might be the object of the chase , whether the little king himself , or a sprig of laurel which he bore in his mouth , could not be determined . The ...
... whilst a crowd of other birds were seen to hang upon its flight in close pursuit . What might be the object of the chase , whether the little king himself , or a sprig of laurel which he bore in his mouth , could not be determined . The ...
Side 36
... whilst the exhaus- tion of his night wanderings predisposed him to nervous irritation , Cæsar , we may be sure , was profoundly agitated . The whole elements of the scene were almost scenically disposed ; the law of antagonism having ...
... whilst the exhaus- tion of his night wanderings predisposed him to nervous irritation , Cæsar , we may be sure , was profoundly agitated . The whole elements of the scene were almost scenically disposed ; the law of antagonism having ...
Side 38
... epic dignity , which has its only parallel by the way in the case of Vasco de Gama , ( according to the narrative of Ca- moens , ) when met and confronted by a sea phantom , whilst attempting to double the Cape of Storms , ( 38 THE CESARS .
... epic dignity , which has its only parallel by the way in the case of Vasco de Gama , ( according to the narrative of Ca- moens , ) when met and confronted by a sea phantom , whilst attempting to double the Cape of Storms , ( 38 THE CESARS .
Side 39
Thomas De Quincey. whilst attempting to double the Cape of Storms , ( Cape of Good Hope , ) a ludicrous passage , in which one felicitous blunder did Cæsar a better service than all the truths which Greece and Rome could have furnished ...
Thomas De Quincey. whilst attempting to double the Cape of Storms , ( Cape of Good Hope , ) a ludicrous passage , in which one felicitous blunder did Cæsar a better service than all the truths which Greece and Rome could have furnished ...
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