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Side 18
... minds of men universally , or which even to the writer's feeling was exaggerated , but because it was expressed coarsely , and as a physical power : now , every thing physical is measurable by weight , motion , and resistance ; and is ...
... minds of men universally , or which even to the writer's feeling was exaggerated , but because it was expressed coarsely , and as a physical power : now , every thing physical is measurable by weight , motion , and resistance ; and is ...
Side 28
... of the state in a continued paroxysm of fury , and in a state of mind resembling the lunacy of intoxi- cation , that Cæsar , on the contrary , among that whole class of civil disturbers , was the only one who 28 THE CÆSARS .
... of the state in a continued paroxysm of fury , and in a state of mind resembling the lunacy of intoxi- cation , that Cæsar , on the contrary , among that whole class of civil disturbers , was the only one who 28 THE CÆSARS .
Side 30
... mind , and the general cast of his character , indisposed him to religious thoughts . Nay , it has been common to class him amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his ...
... mind , and the general cast of his character , indisposed him to religious thoughts . Nay , it has been common to class him amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his ...
Side 32
... mind , after making the fullest allowance for the special quality of that mind , which did certainly , to the whole extent of its characteristics , tend entirely to estrange him from such themes . We find , accordingly , that though ...
... mind , after making the fullest allowance for the special quality of that mind , which did certainly , to the whole extent of its characteristics , tend entirely to estrange him from such themes . We find , accordingly , that though ...
Side 33
... mind , of the eagle , as the king of birds ; secondly , as the tutelary emblem under which his con- quering legions had so often obeyed his voice ; and , thirdly , as the bird of Jove . To this triple relation of the bird his dream ...
... mind , of the eagle , as the king of birds ; secondly , as the tutelary emblem under which his con- quering legions had so often obeyed his voice ; and , thirdly , as the bird of Jove . To this triple relation of the bird his dream ...
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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.