The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 15
... 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 appears that Fausta sacrificed the sentiments of nature to her ...
... 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 appears that Fausta sacrificed the sentiments of nature to her ...
Side 27
... humanity , those servile clamours , which were dictated by flattery as well as by resentment . Informers were punished and discouraged ; the innocent , who had suffered under the late tyranny , were recalled from exile , and re- stored ...
... humanity , those servile clamours , which were dictated by flattery as well as by resentment . Informers were punished and discouraged ; the innocent , who had suffered under the late tyranny , were recalled from exile , and re- stored ...
Side 34
... humanity , which are so familiar to the eloquence of the vanquished ; represented , in the most in- sinuating language , that the event of the war was still doubtful , whilst its inevitable calamities were alike pernicious to both the ...
... humanity , which are so familiar to the eloquence of the vanquished ; represented , in the most in- sinuating language , that the event of the war was still doubtful , whilst its inevitable calamities were alike pernicious to both the ...
Side 35
... humanity of Con- stantine , moved , perhaps , by some recent and extraordinary in- stances of despair , * engaged him to address an edict to all the cities ( 92 ) , Zosimus , 1. ii . p . 93 .. Anonym .. Valesian . p . 713 .. Eutropius ...
... humanity of Con- stantine , moved , perhaps , by some recent and extraordinary in- stances of despair , * engaged him to address an edict to all the cities ( 92 ) , Zosimus , 1. ii . p . 93 .. Anonym .. Valesian . p . 713 .. Eutropius ...
Side 36
... human na- ture ; since the description of that crime was applied not only to the brutal violence which compelled ... humanity of Constantine was excited by the in- fluence of Lactantius , by that of the principles of Christianity , and ...
... human na- ture ; since the description of that crime was applied not only to the brutal violence which compelled ... humanity of Constantine was excited by the in- fluence of Lactantius , by that of the principles of Christianity , and ...
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