...sylvania State University. This Por- table Document file is furnished free and without any charge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, ... ...harge of any kind. Any person using this docu- ment file, for any purpose, and in any way does so at his or her own risk. Neither the Pennsylvania Sta... ...cation project to bring classical works of literature, in English, to free and easy access of those wishing to make use of them. Cover Design: Jim Man... ...wit could as little fathom as the fleets of Cæsar could traverse the Polar basin, or unlock the gates of the Pacific, are best symbolized, and find th... ...his humiliation. For this purpose he resorted to the woody recesses of the province, (some- where in the modern Transylvania,) and, attracting to his ... ...e distance from the little river Rubicon, which formed the boundary of his province. With his usual caution, that no news of his motions might run bef... ...ot less than by original constitu- tion of mind, the very narrowest visual range. In no litera- ture whatsoever are so few tolerable notices to be fou... ...l stages of splendor, declension, revival, and final decay. Under this ar- rangement, the first seventeen would belong to the first stage; Commodus wo... ...y it might appear undignified in its circumstances, or too nar- row in its range of operation for a public anxiety, or because considerations of delic...

...tisfied by the collation of many facts, either of ancient or modern times, has ever rivaled this astonishing metropolis in the grandeur of magnitude; and not many--if we except the cities of Greece, none at all--in the grandeur of architectural display. Speaking even of London, we ought in all reason to say--the Nation of London, and not the City of London; but of Rome in ...