 | James Ussher - Bible - 1654 - 640 pages
...who was so professed an enemy not only to the Jewish nation, but also to his own, that he " wished6 the people of Rome had but one neck," that he might cut it off with one blow." There were living at that time three of the sons of Judas of Galilee, James, Simon... | |
 | Luigi Riccoboni - 1741 - 384 pages
...Exiled and Profcribed. He refufes, it is true, to fign one Dead Warrant, but he wifhes the Roman People had but one Neck, that he might cut it off at a Stroke. There is not a Man who will not prefer the Poverty of Marcus Aurelius to the Magnificence of... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca, sir Roger L'Estrange - Conduct of life - 1780 - 452 pages
...with the moft accurate Torments• merely for the Satisfaction of his Cruelty. That Cafar that wifhed the People of Rome had but one Neck, that he might cut it off at one Blow. It was the Enployment, the Study, and the Joy of his Life. He would not fo much as give the... | |
 | sir Thomas Browne - 1754 - 420 pages
...be fet on fire, Nero added, Yea whilft I am alive : This was more cruel than the wifh of Caligula, that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might deftroy them all at one blow. Page 184. * The /lory of the Italian, Sec.] It is reported, that an Italian)... | |
 | Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Sir Roger L'Estrange - Conduct of life - 1764 - 430 pages
...with the moft exquifite Torments, merely for the Satisfaction of his Cruelty. That C&far'ihit wjhed the People of Rome had but one Neck, that he might cut it of at one Zloinj. It was the Employment, the Study, and the Joy of his Life. He would not fo much as... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1791 - 608 pages
...contracted into the perfon of a delpot may be eafily deftroyed, as the prince may be cut off". So Caligula wifhed that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might cut them off" at a blow." OGLETHORPE. " It was of the Senate he wifhed that. The Senate by its ufurpation... | |
 | Algernon Sidney - Political science - 1794 - 836 pages
...none are wicked, or feek the ruin of their people, which is abfurd ; for Caligula wifhed the people had but one neck, that he might cut it off at a blow : Nero fet the city on fire ; and we have known fuch as have been worfe than cither of them : they... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Anecdotes - 1798 - 464 pages
...contracted into the perfon of a defpot may be eafily deftfoyed, as the prince may be cut off. So Caligula wifhed that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might cut them off at a blow." — GENERAL OGLETHORPE. " It was of the Senate he wifhed that. The Senate by its... | |
 | James Boswell - Authors, English - 1807 - 562 pages
...into the person of a despot, may be easily destroyed, as the prince may be cut off. So Caligula wished that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might cut them off at a blow." OGLETHORPE. " It was of the Senate he wished that. The Senate by its usurpation... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1807 - 228 pages
...into the person of a despot may be easily destroyed, as the prince may be cut off. So CaJigula wished that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might cut them off at a blow." —GENERAL OGLETHORPE. " It was of the Senate he wished that. The Senate by its... | |
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Power, when contracted into the person of a despot, may be easily destroyed, as the prince may be cut off. So Caligula wished that the people of Rome had but one neck, that he might cut them off at a blow. 
