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Side 12
... head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion , and shall have gathered the whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd ...
... head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion , and shall have gathered the whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd ...
Side 15
... head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion , and shall have gathered the whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd ...
... head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion , and shall have gathered the whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd ...
Side 18
... those who were capable of admitting no more perfect shape of truth ; even the heads of such superstitions ( the Dalai Lama , for instance ) may not unreasonably be presumed as within the cognizance and special protection 18 THE CESARS .
... those who were capable of admitting no more perfect shape of truth ; even the heads of such superstitions ( the Dalai Lama , for instance ) may not unreasonably be presumed as within the cognizance and special protection 18 THE CESARS .
Side 35
... head- quarters were at some distance from the little river Rubicon , which formed the boundary of his province . With his usual caution , that no news of his motions might run before himself , on this night Cæsar gave an entertainment ...
... head- quarters were at some distance from the little river Rubicon , which formed the boundary of his province . With his usual caution , that no news of his motions might run before himself , on this night Cæsar gave an entertainment ...
Side 43
... head of a family , or as its suitable representative . If they are even ladies paramount , and in situations of command , they are also women . The staff of authority does not annihilate their sex ; and scruples of female delicacy ...
... head of a family , or as its suitable representative . If they are even ladies paramount , and in situations of command , they are also women . The staff of authority does not annihilate their sex ; and scruples of female delicacy ...
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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.