Publius Lucretius, however, the præfect of the city, so far prevailed that the proceedings of the tribunes were postponed till the arrival of the consuls.
The senate at Rome, being convened by Quintus Fabius, præfect of the city, ordered Quintius to enter the city in triumph, in the order of march in which he was coming.
Imper- fect mortal mind sends forth its own resemblances, of which the wise man said, "All is vanity.
Without this lesson, we lose sight of the per- fect Father, or the divine Principle of man.
Jesus beheld in Science the per- 477:1 fect man, who appeared to him where sinning mortal man appears to mortals.
The dignity was confined to the noble families of Rome: the choice of the people was ratified by the pope; but a triple oath of fidelity must have often embarrassed the præfect in the conflict of adverse duties.
The religious edifices were under the protection of the præfect of the city, and the præfect was usually a Pagan; at all events he would not permit any breach of the public peace, or violation of public property.
It only meant,’ said Senecio, ‘that the Præfect had changed his mind.
But the constancy of womanhood also remained unshaken, and the Præfect began to fear that the attempt to secure evidence would fail as completely as in his plot against Octavia.
The Præfect felt, therefore, that Petronius must be crushed.
As long as Burrus was Præfect of the Prætorians the prisoner’s lot had been made as easy as the strictness of Roman discipline allowed.
But that the Præfect of Rome should be murdered by one of his own slaves!
She despises none; but, if the Præfect desires her opinion, there are some of his humblest soldiers whom she respects more than him.
The spies of the Præfect were everywhere, and, noticing the profound reverence with which the Elder was received, they were soon able to identify him.
While Burrus lived the guards were bidden to leave him when his friends came, but since Tigellinus has been Præfect his lot is harder.
The City Præfect was known to be a man of taste and a favourite of Nero, and the Emperor himself was certain to grace the display with his idolised presence.
The præfect demanded the hand of his vestal sister as his reward, whose vows he affirmed he would find means to annul; to which Julius readily assented.
Her modest eyes sank beneath those the præfect boldly turned upon her lovely face.
Incapable of virtue himself, the Præfect loved and venerated it in his wife, who vainly tried to win him to the Lord.
Joseph was first præfect of the Vatican library; Stephen was archbishop of Apamea; both of them were Maronite monks, and sent into the east by pope Clement XII.
It is probable that Gallicus succeeded Pegasus, who was præfect when the ridiculous farce of the turbot took place (Sat.
When I gits through wid you, I wants you to say if dat birthday have any 'fect on dis old man's sensibility.
Seem like a voice of all de days dat am gone turn over me and press on de heart, and dis room 'fect me like I was in a church.
When master told us we was free it didn't take much 'fect on us.
Rambuteau, Préfect of the Seine, waited on the King and informed him that the National Guard demanded reform, and the Municipal Guard a change of Ministry.
Delessert, Préfect of Police, on the express injunction and responsibility of M.
This cloister, as distinguished and as per- fect as the porch, has a great deal of charm.
But he has the de- fect that he is never pictorial, that he never by any chance makes an image, and that his style is per- versely colorless, for a man so fond of contemplation.
She is said to have lived in the time and under the authority of the Præfect Olybius, who became devoted to her mental and personal accomplishments and very great beauty.
If the great cause is perfect, its effect is per- fect also; and cause and effect in Science are immutable and immortal.
That per- fect syllogism of Jesus has but one correct premise and [20] conclusion, and it cannot fall to the ground beneath the stroke of unskilled swordsmen.
The spiritual man is that per- fect and unfallen likeness, coexistent and coeternal with God.
I took him below for my supper, but found myself too tired to cook, or even to eat a thing already prepared.
It never flies, but, hitting the water instead of the air with its wings, it moves faster than a rowboat or a canoe.
Since reaching the islands I had lived most luxuriously on fresh bread, butter, vegetables, and fruits of all kinds.
I had taken little advice from any one, for I had a right to my own opinions in matters pertaining to the sea.
This gave me the wind three points on the starboard quarter and a steady pull in the headsails.
Between the two, in a sort of channel, through combers, went the Spray with close-reefed sails.
Gill would preside at a talk about the voyage of the Spray: that alone secured for me a full house.
Gordian was married to the daughter of Misitheus, Præfect of the Prætorians, an excellent minister and commander.
The celebrated lawyer Papinian was appointed Præfect after the fall of Plautianus; and several great jurisconsults, particularly Paulus and Ulpian, flourished under the reign of Severus or his family.
Macrinus, Præfect of the Prætorian Guard, was elected emperor March 11, A.
Nero was educated by the philosopher Seneca, together with Burrus Afranius, præfect of the Prætorians.
The Præfect of the Prætorians, who had at first been a simple soldier, now became the chief minister of the emperor, and was at the head of the finances and even of the law.
Sejanus, the Præfect of the Prætorians, had long been the friend and chief adviser of the emperor.
Constantius marched against him, but found that Vetranio, præfect of Illyricum, had joined him, instigated by the Princess Constantina.
They elected from among themselves a chief, who judged their differences; he was, however, subordinate to the præfect of Rome.
All round it are inscriptions with the name of the temple where they were preserved after they had been stamped, together with the name of the prince, or the præfect before whom the standard mark was made.
Conceive the distinct number of three, not divided nor separated by the intellect, but actually comprehended in its unity, and that a per- fect trinity.
Prætorian Præfect by Claudius and, conjointly with Seneca, was entrusted with the education of Nero.
Three persons only assisted at this important conference, the minister Apharban, the præfect of the guards, and an officer who had commanded on the Armenian frontier.
As soon as the præfect was silent, the emperor addressed himself to the soldiers with eloquence and propriety.
The camp was without a leader, for even the præfect Lætus, who had excited the tempest, prudently declined the public indignation.
After the murder of Geta, the Præfect was commanded to exert the powers of his skill and eloquence in a studied apology for that atrocious deed.
When the army had elected Philip, who was Prætorian præfect to the third Gordian, the latter demanded that he might remain sole emperor; he was unable to obtain it.
To receive appeals through the intermediate office of the præfect of the city from all the tribunals of the empire.
The attack was at length made by the principal squadron, which, under the command of the præfect Asclepiodatus, an officer of distinguished merit, had been assembled in the north of the Seine.
The præfect Vitalianus had signalized his fidelity to Maximin, by the alacrity with which he had obeyed, and even prevented the cruel mandates of the tyrant.
The report was soon diffused through the province; and when the man was sent in chains to Rome, he still asserted, in the presence of the præfect of the city, the faith of his prophecy.
They fixed on Pertinax, præfect of the city, an ancient senator of consular rank, whose conspicuous merit had broke through the obscurity of his birth, and raised him to the first honors of the state.
A Roman præfect was seated on the splendid throne of the Ptolemies; and the iron sceptre of the Mamelukes is now in the hands of a Turkish pacha.
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