De Quincey's Writings: The Caesars. 1851Ticknor, Reed, and Fields, 1851 |
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Side 91
... reasons of state , as Nero attempted to persuade himself , but in reality because no other crime had the same attractions of unnatural horror about it , he resolved to murder his mother Agrippina . This being settled , the next thing ...
... reasons of state , as Nero attempted to persuade himself , but in reality because no other crime had the same attractions of unnatural horror about it , he resolved to murder his mother Agrippina . This being settled , the next thing ...
Side 96
... reasons , however , for implicating him in this affair , seem at present insufficient . He was dis- pleased , it seems , with the irregularity and unsightli- ness of the antique buildings , and also with the streets , as too narrow and ...
... reasons , however , for implicating him in this affair , seem at present insufficient . He was dis- pleased , it seems , with the irregularity and unsightli- ness of the antique buildings , and also with the streets , as too narrow and ...
Side 120
... reason which would have sufficed to stifle all the dramatic genius of Greece and England - there was too much tragedy in the shape of gross reality , almost daily before their eyes . The amphitheatre extinguished the theatre . How was ...
... reason which would have sufficed to stifle all the dramatic genius of Greece and England - there was too much tragedy in the shape of gross reality , almost daily before their eyes . The amphitheatre extinguished the theatre . How was ...
Side 137
... themselves eternally under marching orders , as they are propitious to all the best interests of society in connection with the feelings of civic life . - We dwell upon this prince not without reason in THE CÆSARS . 137.
... themselves eternally under marching orders , as they are propitious to all the best interests of society in connection with the feelings of civic life . - We dwell upon this prince not without reason in THE CÆSARS . 137.
Side 138
Thomas De Quincey. - We dwell upon this prince not without reason in this particular ; for , amongst the Cæsars , Hadrian stands forward in high relief as a reformer of the army . Well and truly might it be said of him that , post ...
Thomas De Quincey. - We dwell upon this prince not without reason in this particular ; for , amongst the Cæsars , Hadrian stands forward in high relief as a reformer of the army . Well and truly might it be said of him that , post ...
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