The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... civil longer than while it was sustained by the firm and dexterous hand confusion . of the founder . It required such a fortunate mixture of different tempers and abilities , as could scarcely be found or even expected a second time ...
... civil longer than while it was sustained by the firm and dexterous hand confusion . of the founder . It required such a fortunate mixture of different tempers and abilities , as could scarcely be found or even expected a second time ...
Side 3
... civil war . The two persons whom Galerius promoted to the rank of Cæsar , were much better suited to serve the views of his ambi- tion ; and their principal recommendation seems to have consisted in the want of merit or personal ...
... civil war . The two persons whom Galerius promoted to the rank of Cæsar , were much better suited to serve the views of his ambi- tion ; and their principal recommendation seems to have consisted in the want of merit or personal ...
Side 12
... civil wars , the zeal of party , and the ha- bits of military obedience , had converted the native citizens of Rome into her most implacable enemies , we shall be inclined to distrust this extreme delicacy of strangers and barbarians ...
... civil wars , the zeal of party , and the ha- bits of military obedience , had converted the native citizens of Rome into her most implacable enemies , we shall be inclined to distrust this extreme delicacy of strangers and barbarians ...
Side 14
... civil war , they re- turned thanks to his generous patriotism , and gently censured that love of ease and retirement which had withdrawn him from the public service ( 31 ) . But it was impossible that minds like those of Maximian and ...
... civil war , they re- turned thanks to his generous patriotism , and gently censured that love of ease and retirement which had withdrawn him from the public service ( 31 ) . But it was impossible that minds like those of Maximian and ...
Side 17
... civil society . It is but too probable , that the bountiful emperor relieved , by a partial act of liberality , one among the many evils which he had caused by his general maxims of administration . But even those maxims were less the ...
... civil society . It is but too probable , that the bountiful emperor relieved , by a partial act of liberality , one among the many evils which he had caused by his general maxims of administration . But even those maxims were less the ...
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