De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 12
... possible in an earthly sense ; but that , whenever such an empire arises , it will have Christ for its head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion ...
... possible in an earthly sense ; but that , whenever such an empire arises , it will have Christ for its head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion ...
Side 15
... possible in an earthly sense ; but that , whenever such an empire arises , it will have Christ for its head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion ...
... possible in an earthly sense ; but that , whenever such an empire arises , it will have Christ for its head ; in other words , that no fifth monarchia can take place until Christianity shall have swallowed up all other forms of religion ...
Side 21
... possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the presence of an army so mer- cenary and factious , his own safety was but too deeply involved in the extermination of rival pretenders to the crown . Such , amidst the ...
... possible even for a merciful conqueror to show mercy ; for , in the presence of an army so mer- cenary and factious , his own safety was but too deeply involved in the extermination of rival pretenders to the crown . Such , amidst the ...
Side 26
... possible to those which are susceptible of new aspects . For the whole gallery of those who follow , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto ...
... possible to those which are susceptible of new aspects . For the whole gallery of those who follow , we can undertake that the memorials which we shall bring forward , may be looked upon as belonging pretty much to what has hitherto ...
Side 29
... possible , he determined at least to write in that character . It is probable , also , that he wrote with a vindictive or a malicious feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon ...
... possible , he determined at least to write in that character . It is probable , also , that he wrote with a vindictive or a malicious feeling towards Nero ; and , as the single means he had for gratifying that , resolved upon ...
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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.