De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 19
... notice Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us not suppose that Paganism , or Pagan nations , were therefore excluded from the concern and tender interest of Heaven . They also had ...
... notice Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us not suppose that Paganism , or Pagan nations , were therefore excluded from the concern and tender interest of Heaven . They also had ...
Side 20
... notice of the extraordinary situation of a subject in the Roman empire who should attempt to fly from the wrath of the crown . Such was the ubiquity of the emperor that this was absolutely hopeless . Except amongst pathless deserts or ...
... notice of the extraordinary situation of a subject in the Roman empire who should attempt to fly from the wrath of the crown . Such was the ubiquity of the emperor that this was absolutely hopeless . Except amongst pathless deserts or ...
Side 53
... notice of historians generally , that he was a party to at least two other conspiracies . There was even a fourth , meditated by Crassus , which Cæsar so far encouraged as to undertake a journey to Rome from a very distant quarter ...
... notice of historians generally , that he was a party to at least two other conspiracies . There was even a fourth , meditated by Crassus , which Cæsar so far encouraged as to undertake a journey to Rome from a very distant quarter ...
Side 56
... the crowds . And the whole family of man seemed at that time gathered together at the bidding of the great Dictator . But these , or any other themes connected with the public life of Cæsar , we notice only in those 56 THE CÆSARS .
... the crowds . And the whole family of man seemed at that time gathered together at the bidding of the great Dictator . But these , or any other themes connected with the public life of Cæsar , we notice only in those 56 THE CÆSARS .
Side 57
Thomas De Quincey James Thomas Fields. public life of Cæsar , we notice only in those circum- stances which have been overlooked , or partially represented by historians . Let us now , in conclusion , bring forward , from the obscurity ...
Thomas De Quincey James Thomas Fields. public life of Cæsar , we notice only in those circum- stances which have been overlooked , or partially represented by historians . Let us now , in conclusion , bring forward , from the obscurity ...
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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.