De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 6
... probably half as many more . Repub- lican Rome had her prerogative tribe ; the earth has its prerogative city ; and that city was Rome . As was the city , such was its prince- mysterious , solitary , unique . Each was to the other an ...
... probably half as many more . Repub- lican Rome had her prerogative tribe ; the earth has its prerogative city ; and that city was Rome . As was the city , such was its prince- mysterious , solitary , unique . Each was to the other an ...
Side 12
... or earliest , we may remark , that it found men in no state of cohesion . This cause , which came in aid of its first foundation , would probably con- - tinue ; and would diminish the intensity of the power 12 THE CÆSARS .
... or earliest , we may remark , that it found men in no state of cohesion . This cause , which came in aid of its first foundation , would probably con- - tinue ; and would diminish the intensity of the power 12 THE CÆSARS .
Side 15
... probably half as many more . Repub- lican Rome had her prerogative tribe ; the earth has its prerogative city ; and that city was Rome . " - was a As was the city , such was its prince - mysterious , solitary , unique . Each was to the ...
... probably half as many more . Repub- lican Rome had her prerogative tribe ; the earth has its prerogative city ; and that city was Rome . " - was a As was the city , such was its prince - mysterious , solitary , unique . Each was to the ...
Side 15
... or carliest , we may remark , that it found men in no state of cohesion . This cause , which came in aid of its first foundation , would probably con- - tinue ; and would diminish the intensity of the power 12 THE CÆSARS .
... or carliest , we may remark , that it found men in no state of cohesion . This cause , which came in aid of its first foundation , would probably con- - tinue ; and would diminish the intensity of the power 12 THE CÆSARS .
Side 18
... probably never been utterly stripped of all vestige of truth , but that every such mode of error has perhaps been designed as a process , and adapted by Providence to the case of those who were capable of admitting no more perfect shape ...
... probably never been utterly stripped of all vestige of truth , but that every such mode of error has perhaps been designed as a process , and adapted by Providence to the case of those who were capable of admitting no more perfect shape ...
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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.