The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 16
... divine justice ( 38 ) . He had no sooner expired in between his palace of Nicomedia , than the two emperors who were indebted Maximin and for their purple to his favours , began to collect their forces , with shared Licinius . the ...
... divine justice ( 38 ) . He had no sooner expired in between his palace of Nicomedia , than the two emperors who were indebted Maximin and for their purple to his favours , began to collect their forces , with shared Licinius . the ...
Side 29
... divine justice . As Maximin was alike destitute of abilities and of virtue , he was lamented neither by the people nor by the soldiers . The provinces of the East , delivered from the terrors of civil war , cheerfully acknowledged the ...
... divine justice . As Maximin was alike destitute of abilities and of virtue , he was lamented neither by the people nor by the soldiers . The provinces of the East , delivered from the terrors of civil war , cheerfully acknowledged the ...
Side 36
... Divine Institutes ) ; he had dedicated it to Con- stantine . In this book he had inveighed with great force against infanticide , aud the exposure of infants ( 1. vi . c . 20. ) . Is it not probable that Constantine had read this work ...
... Divine Institutes ) ; he had dedicated it to Con- stantine . In this book he had inveighed with great force against infanticide , aud the exposure of infants ( 1. vi . c . 20. ) . Is it not probable that Constantine had read this work ...
Side 44
... Divine Revelation was given . The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven , arrayed in her native purity . A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian . He must discover the ...
... Divine Revelation was given . The theologian may indulge the pleasing task of describing Religion as she descended from Heaven , arrayed in her native purity . A more melancholy duty is imposed on the historian . He must discover the ...
Side 47
... Divine King , placed the idols of the nations in the sanctuary of Jehovah , and imitated every fantastic ceremony that was practised in the tents of the Arabs , or in the cities of of Phoenicia ( 9 ) . As the protection of Heaven was ...
... Divine King , placed the idols of the nations in the sanctuary of Jehovah , and imitated every fantastic ceremony that was practised in the tents of the Arabs , or in the cities of of Phoenicia ( 9 ) . As the protection of Heaven was ...
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