De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 20
... the Roman empire who should attempt to fly from the wrath of the crown . Such was the ubiquity of the emperor that this was absolutely hopeless . Except amongst pathless deserts or barbarous nomads , it was impossible to 20 THE CÆSARS .
... the Roman empire who should attempt to fly from the wrath of the crown . Such was the ubiquity of the emperor that this was absolutely hopeless . Except amongst pathless deserts or barbarous nomads , it was impossible to 20 THE CÆSARS .
Side 21
... attempt to fly , but passively met the death which was inevitable , in the very spot where ruin had overtaken him . Nei- ther was it possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the presence of an army so mer- cenary ...
... attempt to fly , but passively met the death which was inevitable , in the very spot where ruin had overtaken him . Nei- ther was it possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the presence of an army so mer- cenary ...
Side 28
... attempted the over- throw of the state in a continued paroxysm of fury , and in a state of mind resembling the lunacy of intoxi- cation , that Cæsar , on the contrary , among that whole class of civil disturbers , was the only one who ...
... attempted the over- throw of the state in a continued paroxysm of fury , and in a state of mind resembling the lunacy of intoxi- cation , that Cæsar , on the contrary , among that whole class of civil disturbers , was the only one who ...
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 CÆSARS .
... 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 CÆSARS .
Side 39
Thomas De Quincey James Thomas Fields. 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 ...
Thomas De Quincey James Thomas Fields. 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 ...
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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.