Montesquieu's Considerations of the Causes of the Grandeur and Decadence of the Romans: A New Translation, Together with an Introduction, Critical and Illustrative Notes, and an Analytical Index: by Jehu Baker ...D. Appleton, 1889 - 526 sider |
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Side 465 - NOTHING appears more surprising, to those who consider human affairs with a philosophical eye, than the easiness with which the many are governed by the few, and the implicit submission with which men resign their own sentiments and passions to those of their rulers.
Side 489 - Say not thou. What is the cause that the former days were better than these ? for thou dost not inquire wisely concerning this.
Side 243 - Is there, among the adamantine spheres Wheeling unshaken through the boundless void, Aught that with half such majesty can fill The human bosom, as when Brutus rose Refulgent from the stroke of...
Side 472 - It came flying through the air, says Joinville, like a winged long-tailed dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the velocity of lightning ; and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this deadly illumination.
Side 422 - The popular dissensions, founded on the most serious interest, or holy pretence, have scarcely equalled the obstinacy of this wanton discord, which invaded the peace of families, divided friends and brothers, and tempted the female sex, though seldom seen in the circus, to espouse the inclinations of their lovers or to contradict the wishes of their husbands. Every law, either human or divine, was trampled under foot, and as long as the party was successful, its deluded followers appeared careless...
Side 148 - The general, when he began to turn his chariot from the forum to the capitol, ordered the captive kings and leaders of the enemy to be led to prison, and there to be slain...
Side 243 - When guilt brings down the thunder, called aloud On Tully's name, and shook his crimson steel, And bade the father of his country hail ! For lo the tyrant prostrate in the dust, And Rome again is free...