De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 6
... eye , yet in parts ( and those not far removed ) unfathomable as outer darkness , ( for no chamber in a dungeon could shroud in more impenetrable concealment a deed of murder than the upper chambers of the air , ) — these attributes ...
... eye , yet in parts ( and those not far removed ) unfathomable as outer darkness , ( for no chamber in a dungeon could shroud in more impenetrable concealment a deed of murder than the upper chambers of the air , ) — these attributes ...
Side 10
... eyes were supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in ...
... eyes were supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in ...
Side 15
... eye , yet in parts ( and those not far removed ) unfathomable as outer darkness , ( for no chamber in a dungeon could shroud in more impenetrable concealment a deed of murder than the upper chambers of the air , ) — these attributes ...
... eye , yet in parts ( and those not far removed ) unfathomable as outer darkness , ( for no chamber in a dungeon could shroud in more impenetrable concealment a deed of murder than the upper chambers of the air , ) — these attributes ...
Side 15
... eyes were supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo . nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in ...
... eyes were supposed able to sustain . These fastidious , and sometimes fantastic ceremo . nies , originally devised as the very extremities of anti - barbarism , were often themselves but too nearly allied in spirit to the barbaresque in ...
Side 21
... Nor did his dangers always arise from persons in the rank of competitors and rivals . Sometimes it menaced . him in quarters which his eye had never penetrated , and from enemies too obscure to have reached his ear THE CÆSARS . 21.
... Nor did his dangers always arise from persons in the rank of competitors and rivals . Sometimes it menaced . him in quarters which his eye had never penetrated , and from enemies too obscure to have reached his ear THE CÆSARS . 21.
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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.