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... derived an inexhaustible supply of men and provisions . It was not without great difficulty , and after several fruitless attempts , that Constantine found means to pass the river at some distance above the city , and in a place where ...
... derived an inexhaustible supply of men and provisions . It was not without great difficulty , and after several fruitless attempts , that Constantine found means to pass the river at some distance above the city , and in a place where ...
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... derived , are determined ( Code Theodos . 1. xi . tit . 27. c . 2. ) . If the direct utility of these laws may not have been very extensive , they had at least the great and happy effect of establishing a decisive opposition between the ...
... derived , are determined ( Code Theodos . 1. xi . tit . 27. c . 2. ) . If the direct utility of these laws may not have been very extensive , they had at least the great and happy effect of establishing a decisive opposition between the ...
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... derived their origin from the success of this war . ( 100 ) In the Cæsars of Julian ( p . 329. Commentaire de Spanheim , p . 252. ) . Constantine boasts , that he had recovered the province ( Dacia ) which Trajan had subdued . But it is ...
... derived their origin from the success of this war . ( 100 ) In the Cæsars of Julian ( p . 329. Commentaire de Spanheim , p . 252. ) . Constantine boasts , that he had recovered the province ( Dacia ) which Trajan had subdued . But it is ...
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... derived new vigour from opposition , and fi- nally erected the triumphant banner of the Cross on the ruins of the Capitol . Nor was the influence of Christianity confined to the period or to the limits of the Roman empire . After a ...
... derived new vigour from opposition , and fi- nally erected the triumphant banner of the Cross on the ruins of the Capitol . Nor was the influence of Christianity confined to the period or to the limits of the Roman empire . After a ...
Side 44
... derived , it is true , from the Jewish religion , but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit , which , instead of inviting , has deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses . † II . The doctrine of a future life ...
... derived , it is true , from the Jewish religion , but purified from the narrow and unsocial spirit , which , instead of inviting , has deterred the Gentiles from embracing the law of Moses . † II . The doctrine of a future life ...
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