De Quincey's Writings, Bind 4Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 48
... showed in turning adverse omens to his own advantage , as when , upon stumbling in coming on shore , ( which was esteemed a capital omen of evil , ) he transfigured as it were in one instant its whole meaning by exclaiming , Thus do I ...
... showed in turning adverse omens to his own advantage , as when , upon stumbling in coming on shore , ( which was esteemed a capital omen of evil , ) he transfigured as it were in one instant its whole meaning by exclaiming , Thus do I ...
Side 48
... showed in turning adverse omens to his own advantage , as when , upon stumbling in coming on shore , ( which was esteemed a capital omen of evil , ) he transfigured as it were in one instant its whole meaning by exclaiming , Thus do I ...
... showed in turning adverse omens to his own advantage , as when , upon stumbling in coming on shore , ( which was esteemed a capital omen of evil , ) he transfigured as it were in one instant its whole meaning by exclaiming , Thus do I ...
Side 61
... showed a very just sense of true dig . nity . Rightly conceiving that every thing patriotic was dignified , and that to illustrate or polish his native language , was a service of real patriotism , he composed a work on the grammar and ...
... showed a very just sense of true dig . nity . Rightly conceiving that every thing patriotic was dignified , and that to illustrate or polish his native language , was a service of real patriotism , he composed a work on the grammar and ...
Side 72
... showed the sincerity of his moderation . For upon one occasion , when the whole audience in the Roman theatre had risen upon the entrance of his two adopted sons , at that time not seventeen years old , he was highly displeased , and ...
... showed the sincerity of his moderation . For upon one occasion , when the whole audience in the Roman theatre had risen upon the entrance of his two adopted sons , at that time not seventeen years old , he was highly displeased , and ...
Side 73
... showed the same equanimity ; suffering himself patiently to be contradicted , and even with circumstances of studied incivility . In the public elections , he gave his vote like any private citizen ; and , when he happened to be a ...
... showed the same equanimity ; suffering himself patiently to be contradicted , and even with circumstances of studied incivility . In the public elections , he gave his vote like any private citizen ; and , when he happened to be a ...
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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.