De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 9
... raise a brief uproar in his little native archipelago , but too feeble to reach the shores of Europe by an echo- or to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune . Parthia , it is true , might pretend ...
... raise a brief uproar in his little native archipelago , but too feeble to reach the shores of Europe by an echo- or to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune . Parthia , it is true , might pretend ...
Side 15
... raise a brief uproar in his little native archipelago , but too feeble to reach the shores of Europe by an echo- or to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune . Parthia , it is true , might pretend ...
... raise a brief uproar in his little native archipelago , but too feeble to reach the shores of Europe by an echo- or to ascend by so much as an infantine susurrus to the ears of the British Neptune . Parthia , it is true , might pretend ...
Side 20
... raised , by means of a mercenary army , as to the claims of the particular individual who at any time filled the office , the very sanctity and privilege of the character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against ...
... raised , by means of a mercenary army , as to the claims of the particular individual who at any time filled the office , the very sanctity and privilege of the character with which he was clothed might actually be turned against ...
Side 38
... raised the stand- ard of revolt , put his foot upon the neck of the invincible republic which had humbled all the kings of the earth , and founded an empire which was to last for a thousand and half a thousand years . In what manner ...
... raised the stand- ard of revolt , put his foot upon the neck of the invincible republic which had humbled all the kings of the earth , and founded an empire which was to last for a thousand and half a thousand years . In what manner ...
Side 40
... raised his left hand with Demosthenic action , and once or twice he drew off the ring , which every Roman gentleman — simply as such - - wore as the inseparable adjunct and symbol of his rank . By this action he wished to give emphasis ...
... raised his left hand with Demosthenic action , and once or twice he drew off the ring , which every Roman gentleman — simply as such - - wore as the inseparable adjunct and symbol of his rank . By this action he wished to give emphasis ...
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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.