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Side 20
... character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against himself ; and here it is , at this point , that the character of Roman emperor became truly and mysteriously awful . Gibbon has taken notice of the extraordinary ...
... character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against himself ; and here it is , at this point , that the character of Roman emperor became truly and mysteriously awful . Gibbon has taken notice of the extraordinary ...
Side 26
... of those who follow , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto been a sealed book . 6 CHAPTER I. THE character of the first Cæsar has 26 THE CÆSARS .
... of those who follow , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto been a sealed book . 6 CHAPTER I. THE character of the first Cæsar has 26 THE CÆSARS .
Side 27
... character , finely expressed . But if it had been Lucan's purpose ( as possibly , with a view to Pompey's benefit , in some respects it was ) utterly and extravagantly to falsify the character of the great Dictator , by no single trait ...
... character , finely expressed . But if it had been Lucan's purpose ( as possibly , with a view to Pompey's benefit , in some respects it was ) utterly and extravagantly to falsify the character of the great Dictator , by no single trait ...
Side 28
... character , and a touch of the devil in him , very rarely united with the same tranquil intrepidity . But for Cæsar , the all - accom- plished statesman , the splendid orator , the man of elegant habits and polished taste , the patron ...
... character , and a touch of the devil in him , very rarely united with the same tranquil intrepidity . But for Cæsar , the all - accom- plished statesman , the splendid orator , the man of elegant habits and polished taste , the patron ...
Side 29
... character . It is probable , also , that he wrote with a vindictive or a malicious feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it ...
... character . It is probable , also , that he wrote with a vindictive or a malicious feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it ...
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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.