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Side 20
... means of a mercenary army , as to the claims of the particular individual who at any time filled the office , the very sanctity and privilege of the character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against himself ; and here ...
... means of a mercenary army , as to the claims of the particular individual who at any time filled the office , the very sanctity and privilege of the character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against himself ; and here ...
Side 23
... means were as audacious as the purpose , the conspirators were to rendezvous , and first to recog- nise each other at the gates of Rome . From the Danube to the Tiber did this band of robbers severally pursue their perilous routes ...
... means were as audacious as the purpose , the conspirators were to rendezvous , and first to recog- nise each other at the gates of Rome . From the Danube to the Tiber did this band of robbers severally pursue their perilous routes ...
Side 29
... means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it should be found possible . Mean- time , in spite of himself , Lucan for ever betrays his lurking consciousness of the truth . Nor ...
... means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon sacrificing the grandeur of Cæsar's character wherever it should be found possible . Mean- time , in spite of himself , Lucan for ever betrays his lurking consciousness of the truth . Nor ...
Side 66
... mean time to maintain a coequal rank with the leaders in the state , by those arts and resources in which he was superior to his competitors . His place in the favor of Caius Julius was of power sufficient to give him a share in any ...
... mean time to maintain a coequal rank with the leaders in the state , by those arts and resources in which he was superior to his competitors . His place in the favor of Caius Julius was of power sufficient to give him a share in any ...
Side 67
... means , with no development of resources nor growth of circumstances , an appeal to arms would , in his case , have been of very doubtful issue . His true weapons , for a long period , were the arts of vigilance and dissimulation ...
... means , with no development of resources nor growth of circumstances , an appeal to arms would , in his case , have been of very doubtful issue . His true weapons , for a long period , were the arts of vigilance and dissimulation ...
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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.