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Side 25
... remarkable that no field has been less trodden than the private memorials of those very Cæsars ; whilst at the same time it is equally remarkable , in concurrence with that subject for won- der , that precisely with the first of the ...
... remarkable that no field has been less trodden than the private memorials of those very Cæsars ; whilst at the same time it is equally remarkable , in concurrence with that subject for won- der , that precisely with the first of the ...
Side 46
... remarkable , perished prematurely , and at critical periods of Cæsar's life ; for it is probable enough that these irreparable wounds to Cæsar's do- mestic affections threw him with more exclusiveness of devotion upon the fascinations ...
... remarkable , perished prematurely , and at critical periods of Cæsar's life ; for it is probable enough that these irreparable wounds to Cæsar's do- mestic affections threw him with more exclusiveness of devotion upon the fascinations ...
Side 54
... remarkable that even in his character of commander in chief , where the number of legions allowed to him for the accomplishment of his mission raised him for a number of years above all fear of coercion or control , he persevered ...
... remarkable that even in his character of commander in chief , where the number of legions allowed to him for the accomplishment of his mission raised him for a number of years above all fear of coercion or control , he persevered ...
Side 54
... remarkable that even in his character of commander in chief , where the number of legions allowed to him for the accomplishment of his mission raised him for a number of years above all fear of coercion or control , he persevered ...
... remarkable that even in his character of commander in chief , where the number of legions allowed to him for the accomplishment of his mission raised him for a number of years above all fear of coercion or control , he persevered ...
Side 71
... remarkable was the opposition , at all points , be- tween the second Cæsar and his rival , that whereas An- thony even in his virtues seemed dangerous to the state , Octavius gave a civic coloring to his most indifferent actions , and ...
... remarkable was the opposition , at all points , be- tween the second Cæsar and his rival , that whereas An- thony even in his virtues seemed dangerous to the state , Octavius gave a civic coloring to his most indifferent actions , and ...
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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.