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... mind , which was naturally impatient of a superior , or even of an equal . If it were possible to rely on the partial testimony of an injudicious writer , we might ascribe the abdication of Diocletian to the menaces of Galerius , and ...
... mind , which was naturally impatient of a superior , or even of an equal . If it were possible to rely on the partial testimony of an injudicious writer , we might ascribe the abdication of Diocletian to the menaces of Galerius , and ...
Side 4
... mind a long succession of future princes , and that he meditated his own retreat from public life , after he should have accomplished a glorious reign of about twenty years ( 7 ) . But within less than eighteen months , two unexpected ...
... mind a long succession of future princes , and that he meditated his own retreat from public life , after he should have accomplished a glorious reign of about twenty years ( 7 ) . But within less than eighteen months , two unexpected ...
Side 5
... mind was engrossed by ambition , he appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure . The favour of the people and soldiers , who had named him as a worthy candidate for the rank of Cæsar , served only to exasperate the ...
... mind was engrossed by ambition , he appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure . The favour of the people and soldiers , who had named him as a worthy candidate for the rank of Cæsar , served only to exasperate the ...
Side 7
... mind and body , at the time when the eld → est of his brothers could not possibly be more than thirteen years old . His claim of superior . merit had been allowed and ratified by the dying emperor ( 18 ) . In his last moments ...
... mind and body , at the time when the eld → est of his brothers could not possibly be more than thirteen years old . His claim of superior . merit had been allowed and ratified by the dying emperor ( 18 ) . In his last moments ...
Side 10
... mind of Severus . The treachery which he had experienced disposed that unhappy prince to distrust the most sincere of his friends and adherents . The emissaries of Maximian easily persuaded his credulity , that a conspiracy was formed ...
... mind of Severus . The treachery which he had experienced disposed that unhappy prince to distrust the most sincere of his friends and adherents . The emissaries of Maximian easily persuaded his credulity , that a conspiracy was formed ...
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