De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 92
... Nero . Upon which he had summoned to his presence the woman employed in the affair , and compelling her by threats to mingle a more powerful potion in his own presence , had tried it successively upon different animals , until he was ...
... Nero . Upon which he had summoned to his presence the woman employed in the affair , and compelling her by threats to mingle a more powerful potion in his own presence , had tried it successively upon different animals , until he was ...
Side 93
... Nero tampered with the commander of her vessel , and pre- vailed upon him to wreck it . What was to be done ? The great lady was anxious to return to Rome , and no proper conveyance was at hand . Suddenly it was suggested , as if by ...
... Nero tampered with the commander of her vessel , and pre- vailed upon him to wreck it . What was to be done ? The great lady was anxious to return to Rome , and no proper conveyance was at hand . Suddenly it was suggested , as if by ...
Side 94
... Nero it could not be expected that he should any longer dissemble his disgust , or put up with such repeated affronts . He rushed upon his simple con- gratulating friend , swore that he had come to murder him , and as nobody could have ...
... Nero it could not be expected that he should any longer dissemble his disgust , or put up with such repeated affronts . He rushed upon his simple con- gratulating friend , swore that he had come to murder him , and as nobody could have ...
Side 95
... Nero did absolutely receive solemn congratulations from all orders of men . With such evidences of base servility in the public mind , and of the utter corruption which they had sus- tained in their elementary feelings , it is the less ...
... Nero did absolutely receive solemn congratulations from all orders of men . With such evidences of base servility in the public mind , and of the utter corruption which they had sus- tained in their elementary feelings , it is the less ...
Side 98
... durance and timidity of the popular temper , and to what extent it might be provoked with impunity , that in this state of general irritation and effervescence , Nero absolutely forbade them to meddle with the ruins of 98 THE CESARS .
... durance and timidity of the popular temper , and to what extent it might be provoked with impunity , that in this state of general irritation and effervescence , Nero absolutely forbade them to meddle with the ruins of 98 THE CESARS .
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