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Side 150
... Marcus Aure- lius Antoninus . This fact , and the certainty that to the second Elius Verus he gave his own daughter in marriage , rather than to his associate Cæsar Marcus Aurelius , make it evident that his regret for the elder Verus ...
... Marcus Aure- lius Antoninus . This fact , and the certainty that to the second Elius Verus he gave his own daughter in marriage , rather than to his associate Cæsar Marcus Aurelius , make it evident that his regret for the elder Verus ...
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... Marcus Aurelius . From the first dawn of his infancy this prince indicated , by his grave deportment , the philosophic character of his mind ; and at eleven years of age he professed himself a formal devotee of philosophy in its ...
... Marcus Aurelius . From the first dawn of his infancy this prince indicated , by his grave deportment , the philosophic character of his mind ; and at eleven years of age he professed himself a formal devotee of philosophy in its ...
Side 161
... Marcus from the injurious insinuations of whisperers . There were not wanting persons who endeavored to turn to account the general circumstances in the situation of the Cæsar , which pointed 11 THE CÆSARS . 161 he relish the very same ...
... Marcus from the injurious insinuations of whisperers . There were not wanting persons who endeavored to turn to account the general circumstances in the situation of the Cæsar , which pointed 11 THE CÆSARS . 161 he relish the very same ...
Side 162
... Marcus was the war in Germany with the Marcomanni , concurrently with pestilence in Rome . The agitation of the public mind was intense ; and prophets arose , as since under corresponding circumstances in Christian countries , who ...
... Marcus was the war in Germany with the Marcomanni , concurrently with pestilence in Rome . The agitation of the public mind was intense ; and prophets arose , as since under corresponding circumstances in Christian countries , who ...
Side 163
... Marcus adopted a wise ( though it was then esteemed a violent or desperate ) remedy . Time and excessive luxury had accumulated in the imperial palaces and villas vast repositories of apparel , furniture , jewels , pictures , and ...
... Marcus adopted a wise ( though it was then esteemed a violent or desperate ) remedy . Time and excessive luxury had accumulated in the imperial palaces and villas vast repositories of apparel , furniture , jewels , pictures , and ...
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Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian barbarians body Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Carus Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civic civil Commodus condition death Decius declension defeated Dioclesian discipline doubt doubtless effect Emilianus enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memorable mighty military mode monarchy moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular prætorian prince Probus prosperity provinces purpose rank reason reign remarkable republic republican revolution rival Roman emperor Roman empire Rome sacred seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed Sylla thousand throne tion troops true vast victory whilst whole writer
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Side 242 - Great princes' favourites their fair leaves spread But as the marigold at the sun's eye; And in themselves their pride lies buried, For at a frown they in their glory die. The painful warrior famoused for fight, After a thousand victories once foil'd, Is from the book of honour razed quite, And all the rest forgot for which he toil'd.
Side 19 - Czesarean (so to speak) in their tone of moral feeling. Thus, for example, the night before he was assassinated, he dreamt at intervals that he was soarIng above the clouds on wings, and that he placed his hand within the right hand of Jove.
Side 54 - Men like Mark Antony, with minds of chaotic composition — light conflicting with darkness, proportions of colossal grandeur disfigured by unsymmetrical arrangement, the angelic in close neighborhood with the brutal — are first read in their true meaning by an age learned in the philosophy of the human heart.