De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 21
... 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 and factious , his own safety was but ...
... 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 and factious , his own safety was but ...
Side 24
... death , determines to cross Europe in quest of its author , though no less a person than the master of the world - to seek him out in the inner recesses of his capital city and his private palace and there to lodge a dagger in his heart ...
... death , determines to cross Europe in quest of its author , though no less a person than the master of the world - to seek him out in the inner recesses of his capital city and his private palace and there to lodge a dagger in his heart ...
Side 33
... death . A little bird , which by some is represented as a very small kind of sparrow , but which , both to the Greeks and the Romans , was known by a name imply- ing a regal station ( probably from the ambitious courage which at times ...
... death . A little bird , which by some is represented as a very small kind of sparrow , but which , both to the Greeks and the Romans , was known by a name imply- ing a regal station ( probably from the ambitious courage which at times ...
Side 42
... death of his father . It is , or it is not , accord- ing to the nature of men , an advantage to be orphaned at an early age . Perhaps utter orphanage is rarely or never such : but to lose a father betimes profits a strong mind greatly ...
... death of his father . It is , or it is not , accord- ing to the nature of men , an advantage to be orphaned at an early age . Perhaps utter orphanage is rarely or never such : but to lose a father betimes profits a strong mind greatly ...
Side 45
... death of his father , by throwing him prematurely upon his own resources , prematurely developed the masculine features of his character , forcing him whilst yet a boy under the discipline of civil conflict and the yoke of practical ...
... death of his father , by throwing him prematurely upon his own resources , prematurely developed the masculine features of his character , forcing him whilst yet a boy under the discipline of civil conflict and the yoke of practical ...
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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.