 | 1834 - 476 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vain did the edile command — in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...servile ; and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the prietor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind... | |
 | Edward George E.L. Bulwer- Lytton (1st baron.) - 1839 - 450 pages
...and proclaim the law. The people had heen already rendered savage by the exhibition of blood—they thirsted for more — their superstition was aided...servile ; and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the prsetor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind;... | |
 | Charlotte Mary Yonge - 1885 - 440 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vain did the sedile command — in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...servile ; and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the praetor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind... | |
 | Andrew Lang, Donald Grant Mitchell - Literature - 1898 - 564 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vain did the tedile command— in vain did the pretor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...servile, and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the pretor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind;... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - 592 pages
...vaiu did the sdile command ; in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The peoplo had been already rendered savage by the exhibition...servile ; and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the praetor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1898 - 596 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vair did the aedile command ; in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...already rendered savage by the exhibition of blood : thej thirsted for more, their superstition was aided by their ferocity. Aroused — inflamed by the... | |
 | Harry Cassell Davis, John Cloyse Bridgman - Readers - 1899 - 390 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vain did the aedile command — in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...convulsions common to crowds wholly ignorant, half free and servile ; and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power... | |
 | Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton - 1900 - 514 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vain did the aedile command — in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...servile ; and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the praetor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind;... | |
 | Richard Garnett, Léon Vallée, Alois Brandl - Anthologies - 1899 - 436 pages
...poured down in the direction of the Egyptian. In vain did the aedile command — in vain did the pretor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had...servile, and which the peculiar constitution of the Roman provinces so frequently exhibited. The power of the pretor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind... | |
 | Ella Marie Powers, Thomas Minard Balliet - Readers - 1906 - 392 pages
...of attempting to escape, it crept with a moan into its cage, and once more laid itself down to rest. The people had been already rendered savage by the exhibition of blood. The power of the pretor was as a reed beneath the whirlwind. In despair, and in a terror which beat... | |
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In vain did the aedile command ; in vain did the praetor lift his voice and proclaim the law. The people had been already rendered savage by the exhibition of blood ; they thirsted for more ; their superstition was aided by their ferocity. Aroused, inflamed... 
