The Eighteen Christian CenturiesW. Blackwood, 1859 - 511 páginas |
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... seen all the power of the state concentrated in one man ; but the names of the offices of which their ancestors had been so proud were retained ; and when Octavius , the nephew of the con- queror Julius Cæsar , placed himself above the ...
... seen all the power of the state concentrated in one man ; but the names of the offices of which their ancestors had been so proud were retained ; and when Octavius , the nephew of the con- queror Julius Cæsar , placed himself above the ...
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... seen , —a tyranny the results of which lasted long after the founders of it had expired . For from this period mankind had nothing to hope but from the bounty of the emperor . It is humiliating to reflect that the his- tory of the world ...
... seen , —a tyranny the results of which lasted long after the founders of it had expired . For from this period mankind had nothing to hope but from the bounty of the emperor . It is humiliating to reflect that the his- tory of the world ...
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... seen . He lived in the dreadful privacy of some fabled deity , and was only felt at the farthest ends of his empire by the unhappiness he occasioned ; by his murders , and imprisonments , and every species of suffer- ing , men's hearts ...
... seen . He lived in the dreadful privacy of some fabled deity , and was only felt at the farthest ends of his empire by the unhappiness he occasioned ; by his murders , and imprisonments , and every species of suffer- ing , men's hearts ...
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... seen the mild administration of Augustus , and perhaps had supped with Virgil and Horace in the house of Mæcenas . And now he was tortured till he named a slave or freedman of the Emperor his heir , and then executed to expedite the ...
... seen the mild administration of Augustus , and perhaps had supped with Virgil and Horace in the house of Mæcenas . And now he was tortured till he named a slave or freedman of the Emperor his heir , and then executed to expedite the ...
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... seen . They are still called the " Good Emperors , " the " Wise Rulers . " It is easy , indeed , to be good in comparison with Nero , and wise in comparison with Claudius ; but the effect of the example of those infamous tyrants made it ...
... seen . They are still called the " Good Emperors , " the " Wise Rulers . " It is easy , indeed , to be good in comparison with Nero , and wise in comparison with Claudius ; but the effect of the example of those infamous tyrants made it ...
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Página 114 - ... of their congregations, that a law was passed making a conveyance in favour of a priest invalid. And it is not from Pagan enemies or heretical rivals we learn this — it is from the letters still extant of the most honoured Fathers of the Church. One of them tells us that the Prefect Pretextatus, alluding to the luxury of the Pontiffs, and to the magnificence of their apparel, said to Pope Damasus. "Make me Bishop of Rome, and I will turn Christian.
Página 48 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Página 241 - And he laid hold on the dragon, that old serpent, which is the Devil, and Satan, and bound him a thousand years, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he should deceive the nations no more, till the thousand years should be fulfilled : and after that he must be loosed a little season.
Página 48 - VITAL spark of heavenly flame ! Quit, oh ! quit this mortal frame : Trembling, hoping, lingering, flying, Oh ! the pain, the bliss of dying. Cease, fond Nature, cease thy strife, And let me languish into life. Hark ! they whisper ; angels say,
Página 396 - Guttierez perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight the joyful sound of land ! land ! was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships.
Página 49 - The world recedes ; it disappears ! Heaven opens on my eyes ! my ears With sounds seraphic ring : Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! 0 Grave ! where is thy victory? 0 Death! where is thy sting?
Página 396 - October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie by, keeping strict watch, lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes, all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land which had been so long the object of their wishes.
Página 396 - About two hours before midnight, Columbus, standing on the forecastle, observed a light at a distance, and privately pointed it out to Pedro Guttierez, a page of the queen's wardrobe. Guttierez perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight the joyful sound of land! land!
Página 396 - A little after midnight the joyful sound of land ! land .' was heard from the Pinta, which kept always ahead of the other ships. But, having been so often deceived by fallacious appearances, every man was now become slow of belief, and waited in all the anguish of uncertainty and impatience for the return of day. As soon as morning dawned, all doubts and fears were dispelled.
Página 386 - ... my name is Joan the maid ; the King of Heaven sendeth you word by me that you shall be anointed and crowned in the city of Rheims, and shall be lieutenant of the King of Heaven, who is king of France.