 | Samuel Phillips Newman Smyth - 1882 - 200 strani
...prevent the decline of the world. "It was an old world," says Mommsen, as he closes his history, " and even the richly gifted patriotism of Caesar could not make it young again. "3 It was the peculiar power of the despised Nazarene to call forth, by a mighty voice, a new civilization... | |
 | Newman Smyth - 1882 - 450 strani
...could prevent the decline of the world. " It was an old world," says Mommsen, as he closes his history, "and even the richly gifted patriotism of Caesar could not make it young again."f It was the peculiar power of the despised Nazarene to call forth, by a mighty voice, a new... | |
 | Charles Henry Caffin - 1917 - 674 strani
...chief pontiff and, being regarded as the son of the deified Julius—in reality, his great-nephew—was treated almost as a divinity in Rome and deified by...while the mass of the populace clamoured for "panem et circenses"—feeding and shows at the public charge. To satisfy their hunger both classes would have... | |
 | 1952 - 708 strani
...heaven. Caesar's task, whatever it might be, was admittedly difficult for, as Mommsen has remarked, "there was in the world as Caesar found it much of...patriotism of Caesar could not make it young again." It was Caesar's opportunity to determine what elements of life and virtue still remained in the Roman... | |
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There was in the world, as Caesar found it, much of the noble heritage of past centuries and an infinite abundance of pomp and glory, but little spirit, still less taste, and least of all true delight in life. It was indeed an old world; and even the... 