De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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... Emperor Commodus , which is wild enough to have furnished the plot of a romance though as well authenticated as any other passage in that reign . The story is narrated by Herodian , and the circumstances are these : A slave of noble ...
... Emperor Commodus , which is wild enough to have furnished the plot of a romance though as well authenticated as any other passage in that reign . The story is narrated by Herodian , and the circumstances are these : A slave of noble ...
Side 24
... emperor's retirement , when a casual word or two awoke the suspicions of a sentinel . One of the conspirators was arrested ; under the terror and uncertainty of the moment , he made much ampler discoveries than were expected of him ...
... emperor's retirement , when a casual word or two awoke the suspicions of a sentinel . One of the conspirators was arrested ; under the terror and uncertainty of the moment , he made much ampler discoveries than were expected of him ...
Side 25
... emperor's mighty arms were stretched out to arrest some potentate in the heart of Asia , a poor slave is silently and stealthily creeping round the base of the Alps , with the purpose of winning his way as a mur- derer to the imperial ...
... emperor's mighty arms were stretched out to arrest some potentate in the heart of Asia , a poor slave is silently and stealthily creeping round the base of the Alps , with the purpose of winning his way as a mur- derer to the imperial ...
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Thomas De Quincey. the emperor's grave . Never before , according to tra- ditions which lasted through several generations in Rome , had there been so vast a conflux of the human race congregated to any one centre , on any one attrac ...
Thomas De Quincey. the emperor's grave . Never before , according to tra- ditions which lasted through several generations in Rome , had there been so vast a conflux of the human race congregated to any one centre , on any one attrac ...
Side 57
... Emperor Julian's . He was a most accomplished horseman , and a master ( peritissimus ) in the use of arms . But , notwithstanding his skill in horsemanship , it seems that , when he accompanied his army on marches , he walked oftener ...
... Emperor Julian's . He was a most accomplished horseman , and a master ( peritissimus ) in the use of arms . But , notwithstanding his skill in horsemanship , it seems that , when he accompanied his army on marches , he walked oftener ...
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De Quincey's Writings: Essays on Philosophical Writers and Other Men ..., Bind 1 Thomas De Quincey Ingen forhåndsvisning - 2006 |
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