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Side 18
... body . Nay , considering that even false religions , as those of Pagan mythology , have probably never been utterly stripped of all vestige of truth , but that every such mode of error has perhaps been designed as a process , and ...
... body . Nay , considering that even false religions , as those of Pagan mythology , have probably never been utterly stripped of all vestige of truth , but that every such mode of error has perhaps been designed as a process , and ...
Side 35
... body , and the intense anxiety which must have debilitated even Cæsar under the whole circumstances of the case . On the ever ' memorable night when he had resolved to take the first step ( and in such a case the first step , as ...
... body , and the intense anxiety which must have debilitated even Cæsar under the whole circumstances of the case . On the ever ' memorable night when he had resolved to take the first step ( and in such a case the first step , as ...
Side 44
... and either to forestall the victory of an antagonist , or to avenge their own defeat , it was not at all impossible that a body of incensed competitors might intercept his final triumph by assassination . For this danger 44 THE CESARS .
... and either to forestall the victory of an antagonist , or to avenge their own defeat , it was not at all impossible that a body of incensed competitors might intercept his final triumph by assassination . For this danger 44 THE CESARS .
Side 51
... body of par- tisans , both in Rome and elsewhere . Whosoever indeed will take the trouble to investigate the progress of Cæsar's ambition , from such materials as even yet remain , may satisfy himself that the scheme of rev ...
... body of par- tisans , both in Rome and elsewhere . Whosoever indeed will take the trouble to investigate the progress of Cæsar's ambition , from such materials as even yet remain , may satisfy himself that the scheme of rev ...
Side 52
... body that Rome , under its present constitution , must fall ; and the sole question was- by whom ? Even Pompey , not by nature of an aspiring turn , and prompted to his ambitious course undoubtedly by circumstances and the friends who ...
... body that Rome , under its present constitution , must fall ; and the sole question was- by whom ? Even Pompey , not by nature of an aspiring turn , and prompted to his ambitious course undoubtedly by circumstances and the friends who ...
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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.