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Side 24
... palace and there to lodge a dagger in his heart , as - - - the adequate reply to the imperial sentence of proscrip- tion against himself . Such , amidst his superhuman grandeur and conse- crated powers of the Roman emperor's office ...
... palace and there to lodge a dagger in his heart , as - - - the adequate reply to the imperial sentence of proscrip- tion against himself . Such , amidst his superhuman grandeur and conse- crated powers of the Roman emperor's office ...
Side 75
... palace were reared a number of youthful princes ; and they were educated jointly with his own children . It is also upon record , that in many instances the fathers of these princes spontaneously repaired to Rome , and there assuming ...
... palace were reared a number of youthful princes ; and they were educated jointly with his own children . It is also upon record , that in many instances the fathers of these princes spontaneously repaired to Rome , and there assuming ...
Side 87
... palace happened to be contiguous to the circus . Some seats , it seems , were open indiscriminately to the public ; consequently , the only way in which they could be appropriated , was by taking possession of them as early as the ...
... palace happened to be contiguous to the circus . Some seats , it seems , were open indiscriminately to the public ; consequently , the only way in which they could be appropriated , was by taking possession of them as early as the ...
Side 97
... palace ; the mansion of the Pompeys ; the Blenheims and the Strathfieldsays of the Scipios , the Marcelli , the Paulli , and the Cæsars ; then perished the aged trophies from Carthage and from Gaul ; and , in short , as the historian ...
... palace ; the mansion of the Pompeys ; the Blenheims and the Strathfieldsays of the Scipios , the Marcelli , the Paulli , and the Cæsars ; then perished the aged trophies from Carthage and from Gaul ; and , in short , as the historian ...
Side 104
... palace , had all quited their posts . Upon this the unhappy prince leaped from his couch , never again to taste the luxury of sleep , and dispatched messengers to his friends . No answers were returned ; and upon that he went personally ...
... palace , had all quited their posts . Upon this the unhappy prince leaped from his couch , never again to taste the luxury of sleep , and dispatched messengers to his friends . No answers were returned ; and upon that he went personally ...
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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.