De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 29
... seems , by Lucan's confession , of his trivial conversation was regal ; nor could he , even to serve a purpose , abjure it for so much as a casual purpose . The acts of Cæsar speak also the same language ; and as these are less ...
... seems , by Lucan's confession , of his trivial conversation was regal ; nor could he , even to serve a purpose , abjure it for so much as a casual purpose . The acts of Cæsar speak also the same language ; and as these are less ...
Side 33
... seem that perhaps some obscure and half - formed image floated in his mind , of the eagle , as the king of birds ; secondly , as the tutelary emblem under which his con- quering legions had so often obeyed his voice ; and , thirdly , as ...
... seem that perhaps some obscure and half - formed image floated in his mind , of the eagle , as the king of birds ; secondly , as the tutelary emblem under which his con- quering legions had so often obeyed his voice ; and , thirdly , as ...
Side 50
... seem impossible ) with- out their daily rations . This was accomplished by subscriptions amongst themselves , the more opulent undertaking for the maintenance of the needy . Their disinterested love for Cæsar appeared in another and ...
... seem impossible ) with- out their daily rations . This was accomplished by subscriptions amongst themselves , the more opulent undertaking for the maintenance of the needy . Their disinterested love for Cæsar appeared in another and ...
Side 53
... seem to him a very promising scheme , he judged it best to look coldly upon it , or not to embark in it by any ... seems , on his own personal superiority for raising him to the head of affairs eventually , let who would take the ...
... seem to him a very promising scheme , he judged it best to look coldly upon it , or not to embark in it by any ... seems , on his own personal superiority for raising him to the head of affairs eventually , let who would take the ...
Side 57
... seems that , when he accompanied his army on marches , he walked oftener than he rode ; no doubt , with a view to the benefit of his example , and to express that sympathy with his soldiers which gained him their hearts so entirely . On ...
... seems that , when he accompanied his army on marches , he walked oftener than he rode ; no doubt , with a view to the benefit of his example , and to express that sympathy with his soldiers which gained him their hearts so entirely . On ...
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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.