The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General Literature, 3. köideThomas Spencer Baynes A. and C. Black, 1875 |
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Page 79
... universal empire . Nevertheless , Octavianus did not hasten to assume his position . He first regulated the affairs of Egypt , which he annexed to the Roman dominions , then lingered for a time in Greece , and entered upon a fifth ...
... universal empire . Nevertheless , Octavianus did not hasten to assume his position . He first regulated the affairs of Egypt , which he annexed to the Roman dominions , then lingered for a time in Greece , and entered upon a fifth ...
Page 87
... universal distress , and to have thought that the last days of the empire had come . Nor were their fears without cause . The Parthians had at the best been beaten , not subdued , the Britons threatened revolt , while signs appeared ...
... universal distress , and to have thought that the last days of the empire had come . Nor were their fears without cause . The Parthians had at the best been beaten , not subdued , the Britons threatened revolt , while signs appeared ...
Page 89
... universal corrup- tion , unreality , and self - indulgence , a nature sweet , pure , self - denying , unaffected , Marcus Aurelius has given to the world one of the finest examples of the possibilities of humanity . The Meditations of ...
... universal corrup- tion , unreality , and self - indulgence , a nature sweet , pure , self - denying , unaffected , Marcus Aurelius has given to the world one of the finest examples of the possibilities of humanity . The Meditations of ...
Page 91
... universal attention , and was considered by the common people as marking the introduction of a foreign race of princes . Since that time these meteors have been much more frequent , and most of our readers must have seen the brilliant ...
... universal attention , and was considered by the common people as marking the introduction of a foreign race of princes . Since that time these meteors have been much more frequent , and most of our readers must have seen the brilliant ...
Page 150
... universal nature of true intellectual life . By his interpreters it was transformed into a theory of one soul common to all mankind , and when thus corrupted conflicted not unreasonably with the doctrines of a future life , com- mon to ...
... universal nature of true intellectual life . By his interpreters it was transformed into a theory of one soul common to all mankind , and when thus corrupted conflicted not unreasonably with the doctrines of a future life , com- mon to ...
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