Word: caesarism
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...they promised that any children that may be vouchsafed to them will be reared as strict Catholics. Behind his thick spectacles il Papa, "prisoner" of the nation whose princes must bow to him in matters spiritual, pondered well the petition. Eventually his lips formed the affirmative command of the Caesars. "Fiat!" said il Papa. "Fiat!" echoed King Vittorio, modern Caesar, in puny imitation. "! ! !" cried Mafalda...
...anyhow for a son to live in the shadow of his father's greatness. Only the very great shine through the umbra? Alexander, son of Philip; Alexander, fils de Dumas pere; William, son of the elder Pitt. But what was the waning fortune of the sons of Cromwell, Napolean, Caesar...
...long, dreary days the Reichstag had listened, sometimes restlessly, to a deadly debate on taxation. The Deputies, bored to the verge of unconsciousness, became alert on the instant when Socialist Herr Braun accused Communist Herr Rosenberg of praising Caesar Augustus. What had Caesar to do with German taxation? Everybody was wide awake. Herr Braun reminded the Reichstag that Caesar Augustus had enforced capitalistic taxation, which he compared to the tax measures under monotonous discussion. "It was," said he, "out of place for a Communist to render homage to Caesar...
...mean (cf. Julius Caesar, Act I, Sc. II) that "the rabblement hooted and clapped their chapped hands and threw up their sweaty nightcaps, and uttered such a deal of stinking breath" that it had almost choked the speaker...
...CAESAR AND CLEOPATRA-Shaw comedy with Helen Hayes as the flapper Cleopatra...