The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure . The favour of the people and soldiers , who had named him as a worthy candidate for the rank of Cæsar , served only to exasperate the jealousy of Gale- rius ; and though ...
... appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure . The favour of the people and soldiers , who had named him as a worthy candidate for the rank of Cæsar , served only to exasperate the jealousy of Gale- rius ; and though ...
Side 14
... appearance of filial ten- derness by the empress Fausta . That he might remove every suŝ- picion , he resigned the Imperial purple a second time ( 34 ) , pro- fessing himself at length convinced of the vanity of greatness and ambition ...
... appearance of filial ten- derness by the empress Fausta . That he might remove every suŝ- picion , he resigned the Imperial purple a second time ( 34 ) , pro- fessing himself at length convinced of the vanity of greatness and ambition ...
Side 19
... appeared to respect , or studied to please . He filled Rome and Italy with armed troops , connived at their tumults , suffered them with impunity to plunder , and even to massacre , the defenceless people ( 46 ) ; and indulging them in ...
... appeared to respect , or studied to please . He filled Rome and Italy with armed troops , connived at their tumults , suffered them with impunity to plunder , and even to massacre , the defenceless people ( 46 ) ; and indulging them in ...
Side 21
... appeared the same difference between the leaders , as between the armies . Caprice or flattery had tempted Maxentius with the hopes of conquest ; but these aspiring hopes soon gave way to the habits of pleasure and the consciousness of ...
... appeared the same difference between the leaders , as between the armies . Caprice or flattery had tempted Maxentius with the hopes of conquest ; but these aspiring hopes soon gave way to the habits of pleasure and the consciousness of ...
Side 22
... appeared before Susa , they applied fire to the gates , and ladders to the walls ; and mounting to the assault amidst a shower of stones and arrows , they entered the place sword in hand , and cut in pieces the greatest part of the ...
... appeared before Susa , they applied fire to the gates , and ladders to the walls ; and mounting to the assault amidst a shower of stones and arrows , they entered the place sword in hand , and cut in pieces the greatest part of the ...
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