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Side 9
... whole δικεμενι the total habitable world as then known to geography , or recog- nised by the muse of History - than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional , because some chief of ...
... whole δικεμενι the total habitable world as then known to geography , or recog- nised by the muse of History - than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional , because some chief of ...
Side 12
... whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd . Hence 4 the fanatics of 1650 , who proclaimed Jesus for their king , and who did sincerely anticipate his near advent in great power , and under some personal ...
... whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd . Hence 4 the fanatics of 1650 , who proclaimed Jesus for their king , and who did sincerely anticipate his near advent in great power , and under some personal ...
Side 15
... whole zer - the total habitable world as then known to geography , or recog nised by the muse of History — than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional , because some chief of Owyhee or ...
... whole zer - the total habitable world as then known to geography , or recog nised by the muse of History — than at this day the British empire on the sea can be brought into question or made conditional , because some chief of Owyhee or ...
Side 15
... whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd . Hence the fanatics of 1650 , who proclaimed Jesus for their king , and who did sincerely anticipate his near advent in great power , and under some personal ...
... whole family of man into one fold under one all - conquering Shepherd . Hence the fanatics of 1650 , who proclaimed Jesus for their king , and who did sincerely anticipate his near advent in great power , and under some personal ...
Side 20
... whole for the individual who happened to fill the office . The emperor de facto might be viewed under two aspects ; there was the man , and there was the office . In his office he was immortal and sacred : but as a question might still ...
... whole for the individual who happened to fill the office . The emperor de facto might be viewed under two aspects ; there was the man , and there was the office . In his office he was immortal and sacred : but as a question might still ...
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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.