De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 51
... head , was no growth of accident or circumstances ; above all , that it did not arise upon any so petty and indirect an occasion as that of his debts ; but that his debts were in their very first origin purely min- isterial to his ...
... head , was no growth of accident or circumstances ; above all , that it did not arise upon any so petty and indirect an occasion as that of his debts ; but that his debts were in their very first origin purely min- isterial to his ...
Side 53
... head of affairs eventually , let who would take the nominal lead at first . To the same result , it will be found , tended the vast stream of Cæsar's liberalities . From the senator downwards to the lowest fax Romuli , he had a hired ...
... head of affairs eventually , let who would take the nominal lead at first . To the same result , it will be found , tended the vast stream of Cæsar's liberalities . From the senator downwards to the lowest fax Romuli , he had a hired ...
Side 54
... heads of a small bird of the lark species , received the popular name of the Alauda ( or Lark ) legion . And very sin gular it was that Cato , or Marcellus , or some amongst those enemies of Cæsar , who watched his conduct during the ...
... heads of a small bird of the lark species , received the popular name of the Alauda ( or Lark ) legion . And very sin gular it was that Cato , or Marcellus , or some amongst those enemies of Cæsar , who watched his conduct during the ...
Side 78
... head against the collective power of Rome , might yet present a front of resistance to any single partisan who should happen to acquire a brief ascendancy ; or , at the worst , as a merely defen- sive power , might offer a retreat ...
... head against the collective power of Rome , might yet present a front of resistance to any single partisan who should happen to acquire a brief ascendancy ; or , at the worst , as a merely defen- sive power , might offer a retreat ...
Side 105
... head and face in a handkerchief , mounted his horse , and left Rome with four attendants . It was still night , but probably verging towards the early dawn ; and even at that hour the imperial party met some travellers on their way to ...
... head and face in a handkerchief , mounted his horse , and left Rome with four attendants . It was still night , but probably verging towards the early dawn ; and even at that hour the imperial party met some travellers on their way to ...
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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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