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Page 236 - Besides, this Duncan Hath borne his faculties so meek, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taking off...
Page 116 - They were put to death with exquisite cruelty, and to their sufferings Nero added mockery and derision. Some were covered with the skins of wild beasts, and left to be devoured by dogs ; others were nailed to the cross ; numbers were burnt alive ; and many, covered over with inflammable matter, were lighted up, when the day declined, to serve as torches during the night.
Page 37 - London ; • a place not dignified with the name of a colony, but the chief residence of merchants, and the great mart of trade and commerce.
Page 33 - The exhortations of the general diffused new vigour through the ranks, and the men, by mutual reproaches, inflamed each other to deeds of valour. They felt the disgrace of yielding to a troop of women, and a band of fanatic priests ; they advanced their standards, and rushed on to the attack with impetuous fury. The Britons perished in the fiâmes, which they themselves had kindled.
Page 166 - All rang'd in order, and dispos'd with grace ; But less to please the eye, than arm the hand, Still fit for use, and ready at command. Thee, bold...
Page 115 - God, binding themselves by a solemn oath, not for the purposes of any wicked design, but never to commit any fraud, theft, or adultery, never to falsify their word, nor deny a trust when they should be called upon to deliver it up; after which it was their custom to separate and then reassemble to eat in common a harmless meal.
Page 33 - Britons, close embodied, and prepared for action. Women were seen rushing through the ranks in wild disorder ; their apparel funereal; their hair loose to the wind, in their hands flaming torches, and their whole appearance resembling the frantic rage of the Furies. The Druids ^ were ranged in order, with hands uplifted, invoking the gods, and pouring forth horrible imprecations.
Page 117 - ... and occasionally mixing with the rabble in his coachman's dress. At length the cruelty of these ' proceedings filled every breast with compassion. Humanity relented in favour of the Christians. The manners of that people were, no doubt, of a pernicious tendency, and their crimes called for the hand of justice : but it was evident, that they fell a sacrifice, not for the public good, but to glut the rage and cruelty of one man only.
Page 114 - But neither these religious ceremonies nor the liberal donations of the prince, could efface from the minds of men the prevailing opinion, that Rome was set on fire by his own orders. The infamy of that horrible transaction still adhered to him. In order, if possible, to remove the imputation, he determined to transfer the guilt to others. For this purpose he punished, with exquisite torture, a race of men detested for their evil practices (6), by vulgar appellation commonly called Christians.
Page 146 - Nymphidius' was honoured with the ensigns of consular dignity. Of this man, who now occurs for the first time, since he is to figure hereafter on the stage of public business, it may be proper in this place to say a few words. He was the son of an enfranchised female slave, distinguished by her beauty, and the ease with which she granted her favours to the slaves as well as the freedmen about the court. Nymphidius, however, pretended to be of higher origin.