Julia of Baię: Or, The Days of Nero. A Story of the Martyrs |
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ędile Agerinus Agrippina amidst amphitheatre Anicetus Appian arose Bauli beautiful behold beneath brow Burrhus Cęsar Campania Campus Martius Capitoline hill centurion chariot cheek Christ Christian citizens couch countenance courtier cried crime danger dark death earthly Emperor Epicharis excitement exclaimed faith father fear female Flavius friends glance gods grotto groves hand hath heard heart heaven honor hour JOANNA BAILLIE Judęan Julia of Baię Julius Metellus Jupiter light lips look Lord Lucan maiden MARTYRDOM ment mind mistress Nero noble numbers patrician Pausilippo Piso populace portico Prętorian guards prayer prefect presbyter Puteoli replied the tribune Roman Rome sacred Salome scarcely scene seek seemed Seneca shouted side silence slave smile soldier solemn soul spirit stood strange Sulpicius Asper Syphax Tacitus tears thee thine thou hast throne Tigellinus tion tomb tones tyrant Varus Dobella veil Vespasian villa voice wilt woman words
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Page 21 - ... it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, not in the clash of the hail nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed. God is not in the earthquake nor in the fire, but in the still, small voice.
Page 13 - But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies.
Page 109 - There is a stern round tower of other days, ' Firm as a fortress, with its fence of stone, Such as an army's baffled strength delays, Standing with half its battlements alone, And with two thousand years of ivy grown, The garland of eternity, where wave The green leaves over all by time o'erthrown ; — What was this tower of strength ? within its cave What treasure lay so lock'd, so hid ? — A woman's grave.
Page 119 - But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
Page 119 - For in that he died, he died unto sin once: but in that he liveth, he liveth unto God. Likewise reckon ye also yourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Page 122 - I am the Resurrection and the Life, saith the Lord; he that believeth in Me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and believeth in Me shall never die.
Page 81 - But Rome is as the desert, where we steer Stumbling o'er recollections: now we clap Our hands, and cry, " Eureka ! it is clear — " When but some false mirage of ruin rises near.
Page 15 - Christ, as to some 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 re-assemble, to eat in common a harmless meal.
Page 14 - ... encompassed with a vast extent of sea and land, which he could never hope to traverse without Being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of fierce manners and unknown language, or dependent kings, who would gladly purchase the emperor's protection by the sacrifice of an obnoxious fugitive. " Wherever you are," said Cicero to the exiled Marcellus,...
Page 180 - tis he, the Son of Man appearing! At the right hand of One, The darkness of whose throne That sun-eyed seraph host behold with awe and fearing. O'er him the rainbow springs, And spreads its emerald wings, Down to the glassy sea his loftiest seat o'er-arching. Hark — thunders from his throne, like steel-clad armies marching— The Christ ! the Christ commands us to his home ! Jesus, Redeemer, Lord, we come, we come, we come!