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Side 19
... connection , more or less , with the temple of Jerusalem . Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History , as worthy of notice Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us ...
... connection , more or less , with the temple of Jerusalem . Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History , as worthy of notice Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us ...
Side 39
... connected with the turf . To this hour , therefore , amongst some worthy shep- herds and others , it is a received article of their creed , and ( as they justly observe in northern pronunciation , ) a shamful thing to be told , that ...
... connected with the turf . To this hour , therefore , amongst some worthy shep- herds and others , it is a received article of their creed , and ( as they justly observe in northern pronunciation , ) a shamful thing to be told , that ...
Side 44
... connection with the known determination of his character , were of a nature to consummate her depression , as they tended to confirm the very worst of her fears . He was then going to stand his chance in a popular election for an office ...
... connection with the known determination of his character , were of a nature to consummate her depression , as they tended to confirm the very worst of her fears . He was then going to stand his chance in a popular election for an office ...
Side 46
... connections : and her it was , Cor- nelia , the daughter of a man who had been four times consul , that Cæsar was required to divorce : but he spurned the haughty mandate , and carried his deter mination to a triumphant issue ...
... connections : and her it was , Cor- nelia , the daughter of a man who had been four times consul , that Cæsar was required to divorce : but he spurned the haughty mandate , and carried his deter mination to a triumphant issue ...
Side 50
... connection with this subject of his extraordinary munificence , there is one aspect of Cæsar's life which has suffered much from the misrepresentations of his- torians , and that is the vast pecuniary embarrass- ments under which he ...
... connection with this subject of his extraordinary munificence , there is one aspect of Cæsar's life which has suffered much from the misrepresentations of his- torians , and that is the vast pecuniary embarrass- ments under which he ...
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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.