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Side 38
... immediate succession to this incident of epic dignity , which has its only parallel by the way in the case of Vasco de Gama , ( according to the narrative of Ca- moens , ) when met and confronted by a sea phantom whilst attempting to ...
... immediate succession to this incident of epic dignity , which has its only parallel by the way in the case of Vasco de Gama , ( according to the narrative of Ca- moens , ) when met and confronted by a sea phantom whilst attempting to ...
Side 40
... Immediately after crossing , he harangued the troops whom he had sent forward , and others who there met him from the neighboring garrison of Ariminium . The tribunes of the people , those great officers of the democracy , cor ...
... Immediately after crossing , he harangued the troops whom he had sent forward , and others who there met him from the neighboring garrison of Ariminium . The tribunes of the people , those great officers of the democracy , cor ...
Side 72
... immediate con- nections . But here again Augustus showed the sincerity of his moderation . For upon one occasion , when the whole audience in the Roman theatre had risen upon the entrance of his two adopted sons , at that time not ...
... immediate con- nections . But here again Augustus showed the sincerity of his moderation . For upon one occasion , when the whole audience in the Roman theatre had risen upon the entrance of his two adopted sons , at that time not ...
Side 92
... immediately inviting Britannicus to a banquet , he had finally dispatched him . On Agrippina , however , no changes in the poison , whether of kind or strength , had any effect ; so that , after various trials , this mode of murder was ...
... immediately inviting Britannicus to a banquet , he had finally dispatched him . On Agrippina , however , no changes in the poison , whether of kind or strength , had any effect ; so that , after various trials , this mode of murder was ...
Side 103
... immediately compose . ' This caprice vanished like the rest ; and he made an effort to enlist the slaves and citizens into his service , and to raise by extortion a large military chest . But in the midst of these vascillating purposes ...
... immediately compose . ' This caprice vanished like the rest ; and he made an effort to enlist the slaves and citizens into his service , and to raise by extortion a large military chest . But in the midst of these vascillating purposes ...
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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.