"Praetorian" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... the pure republicans built with the state of siege the nursery in which the Praetorian guards of December 2, 1851, were to be reared, they, on the other hand, deserve praise in that, instead of exaggerating the feeling of patriotism, as under Louis Philippe, now; they themselves are in ...
— The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte • Karl Marx
... taking the oaths, as soon as he had heard the seditious practices of his commander. [29] This legion had been unmanageable and formidable even to the consular lieutenants; [30] and its late commander, of praetorian rank, had not sufficient authority to keep it in obedience; though it was uncertain whether from his own disposition, or that of his soldiers. Agricola was therefore appointed as his successor and avenger; but, with an uncommon degree of moderation, he chose rather to have it appear that ...
— The Germany and the Agricola of Tacitus • Tacitus
... lion's skin and brayed, And Farragut our Cyclop's fortune made. Where are the trophies of our Yankee brave? The lecherous order, and poor Mumford's grave; Ship Island's tortures, Mrs. Phillips' cell, For mercy's reign the cruelty of hell; A Shylock brother—a Praetorian band— A starving city and a plundered land: These are his triumphs—Fisher was his shame,— Oh! triumph worse than is the coward's name. "I'll blow Fort Fisher 'mong the region kites!" Oh, glorious thought! but ere the ...
— The American Cyclops, the Hero of New Orleans, and Spoiler of Silver Spoons • James Fairfax McLaughlin
... reflected hue, etc. Mr. Ruskin says (Modern Painters, iii. 278): "And thus Nature becomes dear to Scott in a threefold way: dear to him, first, as containing those remains or memories of the past, which he cannot find in cities, and giving hope of Praetorian mound or knight's grave in every green slope and shade of its desolate places; dear, secondly, in its moorland liberty, which has for him just as high a charm as the fenced garden had for the mediaeval;... and dear to him, finally, in that perfect beauty, ...
— The Lady of the Lake • Sir Walter Scott
... its riches, challenged the splendor of the generals and high officials of the Empire, so recently gorged with orders, titles, and honors. These grand balls were always an opportunity seized upon by wealthy families for introducing their heiresses to Napoleon's Praetorian Guard, in the foolish hope of exchanging their splendid fortunes for uncertain favors. The women who believed themselves strong enough in their beauty alone came to test their power. There, as elsewhere, amusement was but a blind. Calm and smiling ...
— Domestic Peace • Honore de Balzac
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