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Side 19
... less , with the temple of Jerusalem . Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History , as worthy of notice Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us not suppose that ...
... less , with the temple of Jerusalem . Melancthon even observes it in his Sketch of Universal History , as worthy of notice Pompey died , as it were , within sight of that very temple which he had polluted . Let us not suppose that ...
Side 22
... less to more , until he had formed a little army , equal to the task of assaulting fortified cities . In this stage of his adventures , he encountered and defeated several of the imperial officers commanding large detachments of troops ...
... less to more , until he had formed a little army , equal to the task of assaulting fortified cities . In this stage of his adventures , he encountered and defeated several of the imperial officers commanding large detachments of troops ...
Side 24
... less a person than the master of the world - to seek him out in the inner recesses of his capital city and his private palace and there to lodge a dagger in his heart , as - - - the adequate reply to the imperial sentence of proscrip ...
... less a person than the master of the world - to seek him out in the inner recesses of his capital city and his private palace and there to lodge a dagger in his heart , as - - - the adequate reply to the imperial sentence of proscrip ...
Side 25
... less trodden than the private memorials of those very Cæsars ; whilst at the same time it is equally remarkable , in concurrence with that subject for won- der , that precisely with the first of the Cæsars com- mences the first page of ...
... less trodden than the private memorials of those very Cæsars ; whilst at the same time it is equally remarkable , in concurrence with that subject for won- der , that precisely with the first of the Cæsars com- mences the first page of ...
Side 29
... ; nor could he , even to serve a purpose , abjure it for so much as a casual purpose . The acts of Cæsar speak also the same language ; and as these are less susceptible of a false coloring than the features of a THE CESARS . 29.
... ; nor could he , even to serve a purpose , abjure it for so much as a casual purpose . The acts of Cæsar speak also the same language ; and as these are less susceptible of a false coloring than the features of a THE CESARS . 29.
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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.