The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... natural candidates for the vacant honour . But the impotent resentment of Maximian was no longer to be dreaded ; and the moderate Constantius , though he might de- spise the dangers , was humanely apprehensive of the calamities of civil ...
... natural candidates for the vacant honour . But the impotent resentment of Maximian was no longer to be dreaded ; and the moderate Constantius , though he might de- spise the dangers , was humanely apprehensive of the calamities of civil ...
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... nature itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles from private property to public dominion : and ... natural claim to the succession , and respectfully lamented , that the affectionate vio- lence of his troops had not ...
... nature itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles from private property to public dominion : and ... natural claim to the succession , and respectfully lamented , that the affectionate vio- lence of his troops had not ...
Side 12
... nature , that a cautious historian will hardly venture to adopt them . We are told that Galerius , who had formed a very imperfect notion of the great- ness of Rome , by the cities of the East , with which he was ac- quainted , found ...
... nature , that a cautious historian will hardly venture to adopt them . We are told that Galerius , who had formed a very imperfect notion of the great- ness of Rome , by the cities of the East , with which he was ac- quainted , found ...
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... nature to her conjugal duties ( 35 ) . ( 35 ) Zosim . 1. ii . p . 82. Eumenias in Panegyr . Vet . vii . 16-1 . The latter of these has undoubt- edly represented the whole affair in the most favourable light for his sovereign . Yet even ...
... nature to her conjugal duties ( 35 ) . ( 35 ) Zosim . 1. ii . p . 82. Eumenias in Panegyr . Vet . vii . 16-1 . The latter of these has undoubt- edly represented the whole affair in the most favourable light for his sovereign . Yet even ...
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... nature , they are now fortified by art . Citadels , constructed with no less skill than labour and expense , command every avenue into the plain , and on that side render Italy almost inaccessible to the enemies of the king of Sardinia ...
... nature , they are now fortified by art . Citadels , constructed with no less skill than labour and expense , command every avenue into the plain , and on that side render Italy almost inaccessible to the enemies of the king of Sardinia ...
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