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Side 30
... amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his contempt for the vulgar class of auguries . In this , however , he went no farther than Cicero , and other great contemporaries ...
... amongst delib- erate atheists ; and some well known anecdotes are current in books , which illustrate his contempt for the vulgar class of auguries . In this , however , he went no farther than Cicero , and other great contemporaries ...
Side 35
... amongst themselves and con- curring also with a prophecy of older date , which was totally independent of them all . There is another and somewhat sublime story of the same class , which belongs to the most interesting moment of Cæsar's ...
... amongst themselves and con- curring also with a prophecy of older date , which was totally independent of them all . There is another and somewhat sublime story of the same class , which belongs to the most interesting moment of Cæsar's ...
Side 37
... Amongst this party , it happened that there were a few Roman trumpeters . From one of these , the phantom , rising as they advanced nearer , suddenly caught a trumpet , and blowing through it a blast of superhuman strength , plunged ...
... Amongst this party , it happened that there were a few Roman trumpeters . From one of these , the phantom , rising as they advanced nearer , suddenly caught a trumpet , and blowing through it a blast of superhuman strength , plunged ...
Side 39
... amongst some worthy shep- herds and others , it is a received article of their creed , and ( as they justly observe in northern pronunciation , ) a shamful thing to be told , that Lord Lowther was once a horse stealer , and that he ...
... amongst some worthy shep- herds and others , it is a received article of their creed , and ( as they justly observe in northern pronunciation , ) a shamful thing to be told , that Lord Lowther was once a horse stealer , and that he ...
Side 41
... amongst the legions afterwards asso- ciated with them in the same camps , ) that Cæsar had vowed never to lay down his arms until he had obtained for every man , the very meanest of those who heard him , the rank , privileges and ...
... amongst the legions afterwards asso- ciated with them in the same camps , ) that Cæsar had vowed never to lay down his arms until he had obtained for every man , the very meanest of those who heard him , the rank , privileges 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.