The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... Persian war , had elated his haughty mind , which was naturally impatient of a superior , or even of an equal . If it were possible to rely on the partial testimony of an injudicious writer , we might ascribe the abdication of ...
... Persian war , had elated his haughty mind , which was naturally impatient of a superior , or even of an equal . If it were possible to rely on the partial testimony of an injudicious writer , we might ascribe the abdication of ...
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... Persia , and gradually rose to the honourable station of a tribune of the first order . The figure of Constantine was tall and majestic ; he was dexterous in all his exercises , intrepid in war , affable in peace ; in his whole con ...
... Persia , and gradually rose to the honourable station of a tribune of the first order . The figure of Constantine was tall and majestic ; he was dexterous in all his exercises , intrepid in war , affable in peace ; in his whole con ...
Side 45
... Persians , the Egyptians , even the Greeks and Romans . 1st . The Persians . Cambyses , conqueror of the Egyptians , condemned to death the magis- trates of Memphis , because they had offered di- vine honours to their god , Apis : he ...
... Persians , the Egyptians , even the Greeks and Romans . 1st . The Persians . Cambyses , conqueror of the Egyptians , condemned to death the magis- trates of Memphis , because they had offered di- vine honours to their god , Apis : he ...
Side 46
... Persians it was the pride of despotism : to conquer the gods of a country was the last mark of subjugation . With the Egyptians , it was the gross Fetichism of the superstitious populace , and the local jealousy of neighbouring towns ...
... Persians it was the pride of despotism : to conquer the gods of a country was the last mark of subjugation . With the Egyptians , it was the gross Fetichism of the superstitious populace , and the local jealousy of neighbouring towns ...
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... Persia . ( 37 ) Augustin is a memorable instance of this gradual progress from reason to faith . He was , during several years , engaged in the Manichæan sect . ( 38 ) The unanimous sentiment of the primitive church is very clearly ...
... Persia . ( 37 ) Augustin is a memorable instance of this gradual progress from reason to faith . He was , during several years , engaged in the Manichæan sect . ( 38 ) The unanimous sentiment of the primitive church is very clearly ...
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