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The C‘Sars

By: Thomas de Quincey

...HE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CÆSARS THE CONDITION of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been suffic... ...s not been repeated; neither has Cæsar. Ubi Cæsar, ibi Roma—was a maxim of Roman jurisprudence. And the same maxim may be translated into a wider mean... ...4 The Cæsars ished and expired together. The illimitable attributes of the Roman prince, boundless and comprehensive as the univer- sal air,—like that... ...al arrangement of Cicero’s Letters, in respect to their chronology, has of late years been detected as a rob- bery from the celebrated Bellenden, of J... ..., which could be gratified but once. Nero (for as to Claudius, he came too late to the throne to indulge any propensities of this nature with so littl... ...ed from the slave merchants. These people derived their stock chiefly from Cappadocia, Pontus, &c., and the other populous regions of Asia Minor; and ... ...acred in the city by his son and successors; in their room came Syr- ians, Cappadocians, Phrygians, and other enfranchised slaves from the conquered n... ...f a court, was yet modified by the popular temper of Augustus; and he came late to the throne. Caligula was the first prince on whom the entire effect... ...oty was doubtless good after its kind. And so, throughout the provinces of Cappadocia, Pontus, &c., far as the eye could stretch, noth- ing was to be ...

...Excerpt: The condition of the Roman Emperors has never yet been fully appreciated; nor has it been sufficiently perceived in what respects it was absolutely unique. There was but one Rome: no other city, as we are satisfied by the collation of many facts,...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume One

By: Hugh Clough

...ives bore the children Staphylus and his brother; but that the other, of a later age, was carried off by Theseus, and, being afterwards deserted by hi... ...ts is disproved by Aeschylus in his Eleusinians, where Theseus himself re- lates the facts as here told. The celebrated friendship between Theseus and... ...r, according to others again, to Ascanius, Aeneas’s son. Some tell us that Romanus, the son of Ulysses and Circe, built it; some, Romus the son of Ema... ...emember what a poet fortune sometimes shows herself, and consider that the Roman power would hardly have reached so high a pitch without a divinely or... ...us came to him, that then he did, indeed, see twelve. Hence it is that the Romans, in their divinations from birds, chiefly regard the 42 V olume One... ...n that these outrages and cruelties began to be ex- ercised in Sparta at a later time, especially after the great earthquake, when the Helots made a g... ...nd he, not able to endure the sight of Metellus’s return, made a voyage to Cappadocia and Galatia; giving out that he had to perform the sacrifices, w... ..., should he at so great an age leave his glory and his triumphs to go into Cappadocia and the Euxine Sea, to fight Archelaus and Neoptolemus, Mithrida... ...wn, as you bought it.” At the end of his praetorship he was sent over into Cappadocia, under the presence of reestablishing Ariobarzanes in his kingdo...

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Plutarchs Lives Volume Two

By: Hugh Clough

...tellus, the boldness of Pompey, the success of Sylla, and the power of the Roman people, all to be encountered by one who was a banished man and a str... ...served under Caepio, when the Cimbri and T eutones invaded Gaul; where the Romans fight- ing unsuccessfully , and being put to flight, he was wounded ... ... death and destruction to all, when it was no small piece of service for a Roman soldier to keep his ranks and obey his commander, Sertorius undertook... ...uld assault him, they might fall upon his rear. Pompey discovered this too late, and not daring to give battle, for fear of being en- compassed, and y... ...ithridates should exercise all royal power and authority over Bithynia and Cappadocia, countries accus- tomed to a monarchical government, and not bel... ...em, upon these terms: that Mithridates should enjoy the free possession of Cappadocia and Bithynia, and that Sertorius should send him soldiers, and a... ...hare out the several commands and provinces, they made Eumenes governor of Cappadocia and Paphlagonia, and all the coast upon the Pontic Sea as far as... ...upon him unawares, and to find his army disordered with reveling after the late victory. Now that Eumenes should sus- pect his coming, and be prepared... ...dertaking so to stop the enemy’s advance, that he should arrive three days later than he was expected. Having persuaded them, he immediately dispatche...

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Le Morte Darthur

By: Thomas Malory

...isite for them, with the best cheer, and that no dainty be spared, for the Romans be great lords, and though their message please me not nor my court,... ...ested us and have been idle, and now I hope ye shall make sharp war on the Romans, where I doubt not we shall get honour. I believe well, said Arthur,... ...I How the kings and lords promised to King Arthur aid and help against the Romans. T hen answered King Anguish of Scotland, Sir, ye ought of right to ... ...ne and Elamye, to Araby, Egypt, and to Damascus, to Damietta and Cayer, to Cappadocia, to Tarsus, Turkey, Pontus and Pamphylia, to Syria and Galatia. ... ...t land, insomuch that all the children be all slain and destroyed; and now late he hath taken the Duchess of Brittany as she rode with her meiny, and ... ...amosels turning three broaches whereon were broached twelve young children late born, like young birds. When King Arthur beheld that piteous sight he ...

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The Tragedy of Antony and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

...) (Second Attendant:) SCENE: In several parts of the Roman empire. ACT I SCENE I: Alexandria. A room in CLEOPATRA s palace. ... ...IAN: No, madam. CLEOPATRA: He was disposed to mirth; but on the sudden A Roman thought hath struck him. Enobarbus! DOMITIUS ENOBARBUS: Madam? CLEOP... ...ds; But this is not the best. Look, prithee, Charmian, How this Herculean Roman does become The carriage of his chafe. MARK ANTONY: I ll leave you, ... ... my sword gainst Pompey; For he hath laid strange courtesies and great Of late upon me: I must thank him only, Lest my remembrance suffer ill report... ...earth for war; he hath assembled Bocchus, the king of Libya; Archelaus, Of Cappadocia; Philadelphos, king Of Paphlagonia; the Thracian king, Adallas; ... ...d no more upon t; It is ashamed to bear me! Friends, come hither: I am so lated in the world, that I Have lost my way for ever: I have a ship Laden ... ...proach, and speak. EUPHRONIUS: Such as I am, I come from Antony: I was of late as petty to his ends As is the morn-dew on the myrtle-leaf T o his gra...

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The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra

By: William Shakespeare

... 163 Cleo. He was dispos’d to mirth, but on the sodaine 164 A Romane thought hath strooke him. 165 Enobarbus? 166 Enob. Mad... ...this is not the best. Looke prythee Charmian, 402 How this Herculean Roman do’s become 403 The carriage of his chafe. 404 Ant. Ile... ...t thence. 572 Alex. Good Friend, quoth he: 573 Say the firme Roman to great Egypt sends 574 This treasure of an Oyster: at whose fo... ...ompey, 858 For he hath laid strange courtesies, and great 859 Of late vpon me. I must thanke him onely, 860 Least my remembrance, suffe... ... hath assembled, 1826 Bochus the King of Lybia, Archilaus 1827 Of Cappadocia, Philadelphos King 1828 Of Paphlagonia: the Thracian King ... ... 2025 It is asham’d to beare me. Friends, come hither, 2026 I am so lated in the world, that I 2027 Haue lost my way for euer. I haue a shi... ...e. 2117 Amb. Such as I am, I come from Anthony: 2118 I was of late as petty to his ends, 2119 As is the Morne- dew on the Mertle leaf...

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The Holy Bible

By: Various

.... . . . . . . . . . . . 1408 51 The Epistle of St. Paul the Apostle to the Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1451 52 The First Epistle of S... ...hat they might conceive while they were looking upon them. 42 But when the later coming was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those t... ...ing was, and the last conceiving, he did not put them. And those that were lateward, became Laban’s; and they of the rst time, Jacob’s. 43 And the ma... ...; 32 But the wheat, and other winter corn were not hurt, because they were lateward. 33 And when Moses was gone from Pharao out of the city, he stretc... ...serim as far as Gaza, were expelled by the Cappado- cians: who came out of Cappadocia, and de- stroyed them and dwelt in their stead. 24 Arise ye, and... ...t the latter time shall not be like the former. 30 And the galleys and the Romans shall come upon him, and he shall be struck, and shall return, and s... ...ot I bring up Israel, out of the land of Egypt: and the Philistines out of Cappadocia, and the Syrians out of Cyrene? 8 Behold the eyes of the Lord Go... ...a was quiet for a short time. Chapter 8 Now Judas heard of the fame of the Romans, that they are powerful and strong, and willingly agree to all thing... ...ostle of Jesus Christ, to the strangers dispersed through Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, elect, 2 According to the foreknowledge of ...

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The Holy Bible

By: Various

... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1231 45 Romans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... sister: he is thy brother; regard not this thing. So Tamar remained deso- late in her brother Absalom’s house. 21 But when king David heard of all th... ...chman waketh but in vain. 2 It is vain for you to rise up early, to sit up late, to eat the bread of sorrows: for so he giveth his beloved sleep. 3 Lo... ...ORD; Again there shall be heard in this place, which ye say shall be deso- late without man and without beast, even in the cities of Judah, and in the... ...iracles. 48 If we let him thus alone, all men will believe on him: and the Romans shall come and take away both our place and nation. 49 And one of th... ...d Medes, and Elamites, and the dwellers in Mesopotamia, and in Judaea, and Cappadocia, in Pontus, and Asia, 10 Phrygia, and Pamphylia, in Egypt, and i... ... 37 But Paul said unto them, They have beaten us openly uncondemned, being Romans, and have cast us into prison; and now do they thrust us out privily...

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Androcles and the Lion

By: George Bernard Shaw

...e of the square, his bowl at his feet. Through the eastern arch a squad of Roman soldiers tramps along escorting a batch of Christian prisoners of bot... ...rs to uniforms, writing letters, and advice in their private affairs. In a Roman soldier such dependence is inadmissible. Let me see no more of it whi... ...e can have her choice the moment she chooses to sacrifice as all well-bred Roman ladies do. I have no more to say to the prisoners. 14 Androcles and ... ... at conversion. Shall I tell you a miracle—yes, a miracle—wrought by me in Cappadocia? A young man—just such a one as you, with golden hair like yours... ...e was a born fighter. Great numbers of our clergy have found themselves of late in the posi- 57 GB Shaw tion of Ferrovius and Anthony Anderson. They ...

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Master Francis Rabelais Five Books of the Lives, Heroic Deeds and Sayings of Gargantua and His Son Pantagruel

By: Thomas Urquhart

... end of the fifteenth century. And, indeed, it is in the references in his romance to names, persons, and places, that the most certain and valuable e... ...here he became a novice. As the broth- 7 Rabelais ers Du Bellay, who were later his Maecenases, were then study- ing at the University of Angers, whe... ...se is exactly in the style 10 Gargantua & Pantagruel of the Adevineaux. A later work than any of his, the Novelle of Bandello, should be kept in mind... ...iscon- duct and vice, or is he ever the apologist of these? Many poets and romance writers, under cover of a fastidious style, without one coarse expr... ...rent. They have only one point in common, their attack and ridicule of the romances of chivalry and of the wildly improbable adventures of knight-erra... ...the more genial. On the other hand, Rabelais has been several times trans- lated into German. In the present century Regis published at Leipsic, from ... ...ong continuance have been made of old betwixt some residen- tiary kings in Cappadocia upon this only debate, of whose name a certain herb should have ...

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Bibliographical Note

By: Thomas Malory

... Robert de Borron and his suc- cessors (Bks. i.-iv.), the English metrical romance La Morte Arthur of the Thornton manuscript (Bk. v.), the French ro-... ... French, and some in English but nowhere nigh all. Wherefore, such as have late been drawn out briefly into English I have after the simple conning th... .... CHAPTER XV Y et of the same battle. T hen Lucas saw King Agwisance, that late had slain Moris de la Roche, and Lucas ran to him with a short spear t... ...d he have told you an ye would have suffered him. But ye have done a thing late that God is displeased with you, for ye have lain by your sister, and ... ...isite for them, with the best cheer, and that no dainty be spared, for the Romans be great lords, and though their message please me not nor my court,... ...ested us and have been idle, and now I hope ye shall make sharp war on the Romans, where I doubt not we shall get honour. I believe well, said Arthur,... ...ne and Elamye, to Araby, Egypt, and to Damascus, to Damietta and Cayer, to Cappadocia, to Tarsus, Turkey, Pontus and Pamphylia, to Syria and Galatia. ...

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