The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 |
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Side 15
... observe , that the father of Aure- lian was a peasant of the territory of Sirmium , who occupied a small farm , the property of Au- relius , a rich senator . His warlike son inlisted in the troops as a common soldier , successively rose ...
... observe , that the father of Aure- lian was a peasant of the territory of Sirmium , who occupied a small farm , the property of Au- relius , a rich senator . His warlike son inlisted in the troops as a common soldier , successively rose ...
Side 27
... observe , that for a long time Mount Cælius was a grove of oaks , and Mount Viminal was overrun with osiers ; that in the fourth century , the Aventine was a vacant and solitary retire- ment ; that , till the time of Augustus , the ...
... observe , that for a long time Mount Cælius was a grove of oaks , and Mount Viminal was overrun with osiers ; that in the fourth century , the Aventine was a vacant and solitary retire- ment ; that , till the time of Augustus , the ...
Side 38
... observing that the first was fought near Antioch * , and the second near Emesa + . In both , the queen of Palmyra animated the armies by her presence , and devolved the execution of her orders on Zabdas , who had already signalized his ...
... observing that the first was fought near Antioch * , and the second near Emesa + . In both , the queen of Palmyra animated the armies by her presence , and devolved the execution of her orders on Zabdas , who had already signalized his ...
Side 39
... observe an humble neutrality , till at length , after the victories of Trajan , the little republic sunk into the bosom of Rome , and D 4 * It was five hundred and thirty - seven miles from Seleucia , and two hundred and three from the ...
... observe an humble neutrality , till at length , after the victories of Trajan , the little republic sunk into the bosom of Rome , and D 4 * It was five hundred and thirty - seven miles from Seleucia , and two hundred and three from the ...
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... was suddenly attacked by the conspira- E 4 tors , * It was the observation of Diocletian . See Vopiscus in Hist . August . p . 224 . XI . A. D. 275 . CHA P. tors , OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 55 He marches into the East, and is assassinated.
... was suddenly attacked by the conspira- E 4 tors , * It was the observation of Diocletian . See Vopiscus in Hist . August . p . 224 . XI . A. D. 275 . CHA P. tors , OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 55 He marches into the East, and is assassinated.
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Side 269 - And the LORD said unto Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have shewed among them? I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.
Side 263 - While that great body," he observes, " was invaded by open violence, or undermined by slow decay, a pure and humble religion gently insinuated itself into the minds of men, grew up in silence and obscurity, derived new vigour from opposition, and finally erected the triumphant banner of the cross on the ruins of the Capitol.
Side 264 - Our curiosity is naturally prompted to inquire by what means the Christian faith obtained so remarkable a victory over the established religions of the earth. To this inquiry an obvious but satisfactory answer may be returned ; that it was owing to the convincing evidence of the doctrine itself, and to the ruling providence of its great Author.
Side 288 - ... circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind and all the offices and amusements of society.
Side 40 - Rome, and flourished more than one hundred and fifty years in the subordinate though honorable rank of a colony. It was during that peaceful period, if we may judge from a few remaining inscriptions, that the wealthy Palmyrenians constructed those temples, palaces, and porticos of Grecian architecture, whose ruins, scattered over an extent of several miles, have deserved the curiosity of our travellers.
Side 273 - It became the most sacred duty of a new convert to diffuse among his friends and relations the inestimable blessing which he had received, and to warn them against a refusal that would be severely punished as a criminal disobedience to the will of a benevolent but all-powerful deity.
Side 316 - Their serious and sequestered life, averse to the gay luxury of the age, inured them to chastity, temperance, economy, and all the sober and domestic virtues. As the greater number were of some trade or profession, it was incumbent on them, by the strictest integrity and the fairest dealing, to remove the suspicions which the profane are too apt to conceive against the appearances of sanctity. The contempt of the world exercised them in the habits of humility, meekness, and patience.
Side 329 - ... of collecting the sentiments, and of executing the resolutions, of the assembly. A regard for the public tranquillity, which would so frequently have been interrupted by annual or by occasional elections, induced the primitive Christians to constitute an honourable and perpetual magistracy, and to choose one of the wisest and.
Side 299 - ... was permitted to subsist in the church, it was productive of the most salutary effects on the faith and practice of Christians, who lived in the awful expectation of that moment when the globe itself, and all the various race of mankind, should tremble at the appearance of their divine Judge.
Side 329 - The public functions of religion were solely intrusted to the established ministers of the church, the bishops and the presbyters; two appellations which, in their first origin, appear to have distinguished the same office and the same order of persons.