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Side 3
... whole portion of Diocletian . ( 6 ) His diligence and fidelity are acknowledged even by Lactantus , de M. P. c . 18 . ab erroribus liberatos , ad iter cœleste direxerit . De Opif . Dei , cap . 20. The eloquence of Lac- tantius has ...
... whole portion of Diocletian . ( 6 ) His diligence and fidelity are acknowledged even by Lactantus , de M. P. c . 18 . ab erroribus liberatos , ad iter cœleste direxerit . De Opif . Dei , cap . 20. The eloquence of Lac- tantius has ...
Side 5
... whole con- duct , the active spirit of youth was tempered by habitual prudence ; and while his mind was engrossed by ambition , he appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure . The favour of the people and soldiers , who ...
... whole con- duct , the active spirit of youth was tempered by habitual prudence ; and while his mind was engrossed by ambition , he appeared cold and insensible to the allurements of pleasure . The favour of the people and soldiers , who ...
Side 7
... whole trans- action . ( 18 ) The choice of Constantine , by his dying father , which is warranted by reason , and insinu- ated by Eumenius , seems to be confirmed by the most unexcepionable authority , the concurring evidence of ...
... whole trans- action . ( 18 ) The choice of Constantine , by his dying father , which is warranted by reason , and insinu- ated by Eumenius , seems to be confirmed by the most unexcepionable authority , the concurring evidence of ...
Side 13
... whole march , Maxentius hung on their rear , but he very pru- dently declined a general engagement with those brave and despe- rate veterans . His father had undertaken a second journey into Gaul , with the hope of persuading ...
... whole march , Maxentius hung on their rear , but he very pru- dently declined a general engagement with those brave and despe- rate veterans . His father had undertaken a second journey into Gaul , with the hope of persuading ...
Side 14
... whole passage is imagined with artful flattery , and expressed with an easy flow of eloquence . ( 32 ) Lactantius de M. P. c . 28. Zosim . 1. ii . P. 82. A report was spread , that . Maxentius was the son of some obscure Syrian , and ...
... whole passage is imagined with artful flattery , and expressed with an easy flow of eloquence . ( 32 ) Lactantius de M. P. c . 28. Zosim . 1. ii . P. 82. A report was spread , that . Maxentius was the son of some obscure Syrian , and ...
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