The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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... possessed valour with- out conduct , and the love of freedom without the spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other with wild inconstancy ; and while they fought ...
... possessed valour with- out conduct , and the love of freedom without the spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other with wild inconstancy ; and while they fought ...
Side 20
... possessed the talents of a general . The peaceful system of his predecessors was interrupted by scenes of war and conquest ; and the legions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits of ...
... possessed the talents of a general . The peaceful system of his predecessors was interrupted by scenes of war and conquest ; and the legions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits of ...
Side 22
... possessed the various talents of the soldier , the statesman , and the scholar , he gratified his curiosity in the dis- charge of his duty . Careless of the difference of seasons and of cli- mates , he marched on foot , and bare ...
... possessed the various talents of the soldier , the statesman , and the scholar , he gratified his curiosity in the dis- charge of his duty . Careless of the difference of seasons and of cli- mates , he marched on foot , and bare ...
Side 23
... possessed above forty pounds sterling ( Dionys . Halicarn . iv . 17. ) , a very high qualification , at a time when money was so scarce , that an ounce of silver was equivalent to seventy pound weight of brass . The populace , excluded ...
... possessed above forty pounds sterling ( Dionys . Halicarn . iv . 17. ) , a very high qualification , at a time when money was so scarce , that an ounce of silver was equivalent to seventy pound weight of brass . The populace , excluded ...
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... possessed a free space for his arms and motions , and sufficient in- tervals were allowed , through which seasonable reinforcements might be introduced to the relief of the exhausted combatants.3 The tactics of the Greeks and ...
... possessed a free space for his arms and motions , and sufficient in- tervals were allowed , through which seasonable reinforcements might be introduced to the relief of the exhausted combatants.3 The tactics of the Greeks and ...
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