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... opinions with regard to the place of Constantine's birth . 1. Our English antiquarians were used to dwel with rapture on the words of his panegyrist ; " Britannias illic " oriendo nobiles fecisti . " But is celebrated passage may be ...
... opinions with regard to the place of Constantine's birth . 1. Our English antiquarians were used to dwel with rapture on the words of his panegyrist ; " Britannias illic " oriendo nobiles fecisti . " But is celebrated passage may be ...
Side 6
... opinion of their own importance , and the as- surance that Britain , Gaul , and Spain , would acquiesce in their no- mination , were diligently inculcated to the legions by the adherents of Constantine . The soldiers were asked ...
... opinion of their own importance , and the as- surance that Britain , Gaul , and Spain , would acquiesce in their no- mination , were diligently inculcated to the legions by the adherents of Constantine . The soldiers were asked ...
Side 39
... opinion of the beauty of the horses , than of the courage and dexterity of their riders . The fleet was composed of three hundred and fifty galleys of three ranks of oars . An hundred and thirty of these were fur- nished by Egypt , and ...
... opinion of the beauty of the horses , than of the courage and dexterity of their riders . The fleet was composed of three hundred and fifty galleys of three ranks of oars . An hundred and thirty of these were fur- nished by Egypt , and ...
Side 44
... opinion . You deduce it from the Jewish religion ; I would refer it to a more adequate and a more obvious source , a full persuasion of the truth of Chris- tianity . Watson ; Letter to Gibbon , i . 9. — M CAUSE . Jews . cient world ...
... opinion . You deduce it from the Jewish religion ; I would refer it to a more adequate and a more obvious source , a full persuasion of the truth of Chris- tianity . Watson ; Letter to Gibbon , i . 9. — M CAUSE . Jews . cient world ...
Side 45
... opinions , made the Pagans very often intolerant and persecutors ; witness the Persians , the Egyptians , even the Greeks and Romans . 1st . The Persians . Cambyses , conqueror of the Egyptians , condemned to death the magis- trates of ...
... opinions , made the Pagans very often intolerant and persecutors ; witness the Persians , the Egyptians , even the Greeks and Romans . 1st . The Persians . Cambyses , conqueror of the Egyptians , condemned to death the magis- trates of ...
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