The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 18
... frequently sacrificed the reputation of the vanquished to the glory of their successful rivals ; but even those writers who have revealed , with the most freedom and pleasure , the faults of Con- stantine , unanimously confess that ...
... frequently sacrificed the reputation of the vanquished to the glory of their successful rivals ; but even those writers who have revealed , with the most freedom and pleasure , the faults of Con- stantine , unanimously confess that ...
Side 34
... frequently confound the two wars between Licinius , and Constantine . ( 91 ) Petrus Patricius in Excerpt . Legat . p . 27. If it , should , be thought that yάupos signifies more properly , a son - in - law , we might conjecture that ...
... frequently confound the two wars between Licinius , and Constantine . ( 91 ) Petrus Patricius in Excerpt . Legat . p . 27. If it , should , be thought that yάupos signifies more properly , a son - in - law , we might conjecture that ...
Side 35
... frequent in the provinces ; and especially in Italy : It was the effect of distress ; and the distress was principally occasioned by the intolerable bur- den of taxes , and by the vexatious as well as cruel prosecutions of the officers ...
... frequent in the provinces ; and especially in Italy : It was the effect of distress ; and the distress was principally occasioned by the intolerable bur- den of taxes , and by the vexatious as well as cruel prosecutions of the officers ...
Side 37
... frequently alleviated , by partial acts of mercy , the stern temper of his general institutions . Such , in- deed , was the singular humour of that emperor , who showed him- self as indulgent , and even remiss , in the execution of his ...
... frequently alleviated , by partial acts of mercy , the stern temper of his general institutions . Such , in- deed , was the singular humour of that emperor , who showed him- self as indulgent , and even remiss , in the execution of his ...
Side 44
... frequently condescends to use the passions of the human heart , and the general circumstances of mankind , as instruments to execute its purpose ; we may still be permitted , though with becoming sub- mission , to ask , not indeed what ...
... frequently condescends to use the passions of the human heart , and the general circumstances of mankind , as instruments to execute its purpose ; we may still be permitted , though with becoming sub- mission , to ask , not indeed what ...
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