The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Pub One Info, 1792 |
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... honour, which so frequently sopplies the absence of public virtue; and as long as he was permitted to enjoy the posseffion of Italy, a victory of the barbarians, the loss of a province, or the rebellion of a general, seldom disturbed ...
... honour, which so frequently sopplies the absence of public virtue; and as long as he was permitted to enjoy the posseffion of Italy, a victory of the barbarians, the loss of a province, or the rebellion of a general, seldom disturbed ...
Side 5
... honour of a statue, and excited the jealous apprehensions of Gallienus. It was impossible that a soldier could esteem so dissojute a sovereign, \nor is it easy to conceal a just contempt. Some unguarded expreffions which dropt from ...
... honour of a statue, and excited the jealous apprehensions of Gallienus. It was impossible that a soldier could esteem so dissojute a sovereign, \nor is it easy to conceal a just contempt. Some unguarded expreffions which dropt from ...
Side 21
... honour of a Scandinavian origin. _ At the same time the lucky though accidental resemblance of the name of Gmta, insused among the 'credulous Goths a vain persuasion, that, in a remote age, their own ancestors, already seated in the ...
... honour of a Scandinavian origin. _ At the same time the lucky though accidental resemblance of the name of Gmta, insused among the 'credulous Goths a vain persuasion, that, in a remote age, their own ancestors, already seated in the ...
Side 25
... honour of his C HA P. XI. Lay-U and are at > last vanquished by Aurelian. arms. The second battle was fought near Fano i in Umbria; on the spot which, five hundred years before, had been fatal to the brotherv of Hannibal 35. Thus far ...
... honour of his C HA P. XI. Lay-U and are at > last vanquished by Aurelian. arms. The second battle was fought near Fano i in Umbria; on the spot which, five hundred years before, had been fatal to the brotherv of Hannibal 35. Thus far ...
Side 58
... honours as fear and perhaps esteem could extort, they liberally poured forth on the memory of their deceased sovereign, Such' acknowledgmcnts as gratitude could inspire, they returned to the, faithful armies of the republic, who ...
... honours as fear and perhaps esteem could extort, they liberally poured forth on the memory of their deceased sovereign, Such' acknowledgmcnts as gratitude could inspire, they returned to the, faithful armies of the republic, who ...
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