The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 9
... deserved by a dangerous su- periority of merit . The policy of Galerius preferred such associates as would never disgrace the choice , nor dispute the commands , of their benefactor . An obscure stranger was therefore raised to the ...
... deserved by a dangerous su- periority of merit . The policy of Galerius preferred such associates as would never disgrace the choice , nor dispute the commands , of their benefactor . An obscure stranger was therefore raised to the ...
Side 15
... deserved his fate ; but we should find more reason to applaud the humanity of Constantine , if he had spared an old man , the benefactor of his father , and the father of his wife . During the whole of this melancholy transac- tion , it ...
... deserved his fate ; but we should find more reason to applaud the humanity of Constantine , if he had spared an old man , the benefactor of his father , and the father of his wife . During the whole of this melancholy transac- tion , it ...
Side 18
... deserving of compassion than that of Africa . The wealth of Rome supplied an inexhaustible fund for his vain and prodigal expenses , and the ministers of his revenue were skilled in the arts of rapine . It was under his reign that the ...
... deserving of compassion than that of Africa . The wealth of Rome supplied an inexhaustible fund for his vain and prodigal expenses , and the ministers of his revenue were skilled in the arts of rapine . It was under his reign that the ...
Side 22
... deserved to experience the clemency and even favour of the conqueror . He made his entry into the Imperial palace of Milan , and almost all the cities of Italy between the Alps and the Po not only acknowledged the power , but embraced ...
... deserved to experience the clemency and even favour of the conqueror . He made his entry into the Imperial palace of Milan , and almost all the cities of Italy between the Alps and the Po not only acknowledged the power , but embraced ...
Side 26
... deserved the praise of clemency , nor incurred the censure of immoderate rigour ( 71 ) . He inflicted the same treatment , to which a defeat would have ex- posed his own person and family , put to death the two sons of the tyrant , and ...
... deserved the praise of clemency , nor incurred the censure of immoderate rigour ( 71 ) . He inflicted the same treatment , to which a defeat would have ex- posed his own person and family , put to death the two sons of the tyrant , and ...
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