The Collected Writings of Thomas De Quincey, Bind 7A. and C. Black, 1890 - 456 sider |
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Side 13
... amongst these , none but idlers , -did live or could live by candle - light . An immense majority of men in Rome never lighted a candle , unless sometimes in the early dawn . And this custom of Rome was the custom also of all nations ...
... amongst these , none but idlers , -did live or could live by candle - light . An immense majority of men in Rome never lighted a candle , unless sometimes in the early dawn . And this custom of Rome was the custom also of all nations ...
Side 21
... amongst ourselves , we select a Roman word so notoriously expressing a mere shadow , a pure apology , that very few people ever tasted it - nobody sat down to it — not many washed their hands after it , and gradually the very name of it ...
... amongst ourselves , we select a Roman word so notoriously expressing a mere shadow , a pure apology , that very few people ever tasted it - nobody sat down to it — not many washed their hands after it , and gradually the very name of it ...
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... Amongst the new ideas proclaimed to the recruit this was one- " Look for no ' cœna , ' no regular dinner , with us . Resign these unwarlike notions . It is true that even war has its respites ; in these it would be possible to have our ...
... Amongst the new ideas proclaimed to the recruit this was one- " Look for no ' cœna , ' no regular dinner , with us . Resign these unwarlike notions . It is true that even war has its respites ; in these it would be possible to have our ...
Side 29
... , converted the palace into the imperial tent ; and Cæsar was no longer a civil emperor and princeps senatus , but became a commander - in- chief amongst a council of his staff , all belted THE CASUISTRY OF ROMAN MEALS 29.
... , converted the palace into the imperial tent ; and Cæsar was no longer a civil emperor and princeps senatus , but became a commander - in- chief amongst a council of his staff , all belted THE CASUISTRY OF ROMAN MEALS 29.
Side 30
Thomas De Quincey David Masson. chief amongst a council of his staff , all belted and plumed , and in full military fig . On this principle we come to understand why it is that , whenever the Latin poet speaks of an army as taking food ...
Thomas De Quincey David Masson. chief amongst a council of his staff , all belted and plumed , and in full military fig . On this principle we come to understand why it is that , whenever the Latin poet speaks of an army as taking food ...
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Side 143 - I am the Lord; that is my name; and my glory will I not give to another, neither my praise to graven images.
Side 298 - And, last of all, an Admiral came, A terrible man with a terrible name, A name which you all know by sight very well, But which no one can speak, and no one can spell.
Side 154 - For before these days rose up Theudas, boasting himself to be somebody ; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves : who was slain ; and all, as many as obeyed him, were scattered, and brought to nought.
Side 36 - Is it a party in a parlour, Crammed just as they on earth were crammed, Some sipping punch — some sipping tea, But, as you by their faces see, All silent, and all damned ! Peter Bell, by W.
Side 154 - After this man rose up Judas of Galilee in the days of the taxing, and drew away much people after him: he also perished; and all, even as many as obeyed him, were dispersed.
Side 114 - ... either of his own accord, or by the command of others; that he will always hate the wicked, and be assistant to the righteous, that he will ever show fidelity to all men; and especially to those in authority; because no one obtains the government without God's assistance...
Side 109 - Essens reject pleasures as an evil, but esteem continence, and the conquest over our passions, to be virtue. They neglect wedlock, but choose out other persons...
Side 143 - ... and thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, " This is the way, walk ye in it," when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
Side 113 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Side 440 - Shall blush ; and may not we with sorrow say, A few strong instincts and a few plain rules Among the herdsmen of the Alps, have wrought More for mankind at this unhappy day Than all the pride of intellect and thought...