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Side 150
... memory in various cities . This Cæsar , therefore , dying thus prematurely , never tasted of empire ; and his name would have had but a doubtful title to a place in the imperatorial roll , had it not been recalled to a second chance for ...
... memory in various cities . This Cæsar , therefore , dying thus prematurely , never tasted of empire ; and his name would have had but a doubtful title to a place in the imperatorial roll , had it not been recalled to a second chance for ...
Side 151
... memory , when we learn that this solitary quality , in virtue of which he claimed a natural affinity to the sacred house , and challenged a natural interest in the purple , was the very princely one of - a merciful disposition . - The ...
... memory , when we learn that this solitary quality , in virtue of which he claimed a natural affinity to the sacred house , and challenged a natural interest in the purple , was the very princely one of - a merciful disposition . - The ...
Side 163
... memory of men . Since the days of Gaul as an independent power , no war had so much alarmed the people of Rome ; and their fear was justified by the difficulties and prodigious efforts which accompanied its suppression . The public ...
... memory of men . Since the days of Gaul as an independent power , no war had so much alarmed the people of Rome ; and their fear was justified by the difficulties and prodigious efforts which accompanied its suppression . The public ...
Side 168
... memory . Possibly the best use which can be made of such a fact is , in the way of consolation to any unhappy man , whom his wife may too liberally have endowed with honors of this kind , by reminding him that he shares this dis ...
... memory . Possibly the best use which can be made of such a fact is , in the way of consolation to any unhappy man , whom his wife may too liberally have endowed with honors of this kind , by reminding him that he shares this dis ...
Side 210
... memory was dear to the soldiery , had enjoyed the full benefit of that descent , nor can it be readily explained how he came to lose it . Here , in fact , we meet with an instance of that dilemma which is so constantly occurring in the ...
... memory was dear to the soldiery , had enjoyed the full benefit of that descent , nor can it be readily explained how he came to lose it . Here , in fact , we meet with an instance of that dilemma which is so constantly occurring in the ...
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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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absolute Alexander Alexander Severus amongst ancient anecdotes army assassination Augustus Aurelian Cæsar Caligula Caracalla Cassius character Christian Cicero circumstances civil Commodus danger death Decius defeated Dioclesian discipline doubtless effect Emilianus empire enemy express eyes fact father favor fear frontier Galerius Gallienus Gaul gladiators Goths grandeur habits Hadrian hand happened historians honors human nature imperial instance interest Julius Julius Cæsar king legions less luxury Macrinus Marcomanni Marcus Aurelius Maximin means memory military mode moral mother murder necessity Nero never NOTE notice Numerian occasion original palace Parthia party perhaps Persian Philip the Arab philosopher popular possible prætorian price 75 cents prince prosperity provinces purpose rank reign remarkable republic republican rival Roman emperor Rome sacred says seems senate sense Severus soldier spirit succession Suetonius supposed throne Tiberius tion Trajan troops true vast volume whilst whole