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Side iii
I may now congratulate my deliverance from a long and laborious service , and
my satisfaction will be pure and perfect , if the public favour should be extended
to the conclusion of my work . It was my first intention to have collected , under
one ...
I may now congratulate my deliverance from a long and laborious service , and
my satisfaction will be pure and perfect , if the public favour should be extended
to the conclusion of my work . It was my first intention to have collected , under
one ...
Side 44
His merit was rewarded by the favour of the prince and senate : he thrice
exercised the office of prætorian prefect of Italy ; he was twice invested with the
consulship , and he obtained the rank of patrician . These civil honours were not
...
His merit was rewarded by the favour of the prince and senate : he thrice
exercised the office of prætorian prefect of Italy ; he was twice invested with the
consulship , and he obtained the rank of patrician . These civil honours were not
...
Side 53
Yet , notwithstanding this seeming indifference , his courtiers choose to solicit any
favour in the moments of victory ; and I myself , in my applications to the king ,
have derived some benefit from my losses . f About the ninth hour ( three o ' clock
) ...
Yet , notwithstanding this seeming indifference , his courtiers choose to solicit any
favour in the moments of victory ; and I myself , in my applications to the king ,
have derived some benefit from my losses . f About the ninth hour ( three o ' clock
) ...
Side 54
... or rather the two nations , encountered each other on the banks of the river
Urbicus , about twelve miles from Astorga ; and the decisive victory of the Goths
appeared for a while to have extirpated the or favour at the court of Thoulouse .
... or rather the two nations , encountered each other on the banks of the river
Urbicus , about twelve miles from Astorga ; and the decisive victory of the Goths
appeared for a while to have extirpated the or favour at the court of Thoulouse .
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... of the Romans , whose favour Majorian had solicited by a recent victory over
the Allemanni . t He was invested with the purple at Ravenna ; and the epistle
which he addressed to the senate will best describe his situation and his
sentiments .
... of the Romans , whose favour Majorian had solicited by a recent victory over
the Allemanni . t He was invested with the purple at Ravenna ; and the epistle
which he addressed to the senate will best describe his situation and his
sentiments .
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