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Side 28
... by the rage , of tyrants , by frequent revo- lutions , by the change of manners , and by the intermixture of nations " , Little more was left , 97 95 · when Conftantine afcended the throne , than a vague and 28 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... by the rage , of tyrants , by frequent revo- lutions , by the change of manners , and by the intermixture of nations " , Little more was left , 97 95 · when Conftantine afcended the throne , than a vague and 28 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 50
... tyrant Caligula was fufpected of an in- tention to inveft a very extraordinary candidate with the confular robes , the facrilegious profana- tion would have fcarcely excited lefs aftonish- ment , if , instead of a horse , the nobleft ...
... tyrant Caligula was fufpected of an in- tention to inveft a very extraordinary candidate with the confular robes , the facrilegious profana- tion would have fcarcely excited lefs aftonish- ment , if , instead of a horse , the nobleft ...
Side 74
... tyrants , who , by their vice and weakness , dishonoured the Imperial purple . The fame paffions have in fome degree been perpetuated to fucceeding generations , and the character of Conftantine is confidered , even in the present age ...
... tyrants , who , by their vice and weakness , dishonoured the Imperial purple . The fame paffions have in fome degree been perpetuated to fucceeding generations , and the character of Conftantine is confidered , even in the present age ...
Side 76
... tyrants , with the spirit of wisdom and juftice which feemed to direct the general tenor of the administration of Conftantine 2 . Had Conftantine fallen on the banks of the Tyber , or even in the plains of Hadrianople , fuch is the ...
... tyrants , with the spirit of wisdom and juftice which feemed to direct the general tenor of the administration of Conftantine 2 . Had Conftantine fallen on the banks of the Tyber , or even in the plains of Hadrianople , fuch is the ...
Side 77
... tyrant of the republic , converted , almost by imperceptible degrees , into the father of his country and of human kind . In that of Conftantine , we may contemplate a hero , who had fo long inspired his fubjects with love , and his ...
... tyrant of the republic , converted , almost by imperceptible degrees , into the father of his country and of human kind . In that of Conftantine , we may contemplate a hero , who had fo long inspired his fubjects with love , and his ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1787 |
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