The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire1792 |
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... Barbarians of Germany had felt , and ftill dreaded , the arms of the young Cæfar ; his fol- diers were the companions of his victory ; the grateful provincials enjoyed the bleflings of his reign ; but the favourites , who had oppofed ...
... Barbarians of Germany had felt , and ftill dreaded , the arms of the young Cæfar ; his fol- diers were the companions of his victory ; the grateful provincials enjoyed the bleflings of his reign ; but the favourites , who had oppofed ...
Side 3
... Barbarians was prefented 86 to him on the field of battle , " from which he was at that time diftant above forty days jour- ney ? So extravagant a fable was incapable , however , of deceiving the public credulity , or even of fatisfying ...
... Barbarians was prefented 86 to him on the field of battle , " from which he was at that time diftant above forty days jour- ney ? So extravagant a fable was incapable , however , of deceiving the public credulity , or even of fatisfying ...
Side 6
... Barbarians , or a criminal in the palace of Conftantius . If Julian complied with the orders which he had received , he subscribed his own destruction , and that of a people who deserved his affection . But a pofitive refufal was an act ...
... Barbarians , or a criminal in the palace of Conftantius . If Julian complied with the orders which he had received , he subscribed his own destruction , and that of a people who deserved his affection . But a pofitive refufal was an act ...
Side 18
... Barbarians , the emperor carefully visited the fortifications along the Rhine from Cleves to Bafil ; furveyed , with peculiar attention , the territories which he had recovered from the hands of the Alemanni , paffed through Befançons ...
... Barbarians , the emperor carefully visited the fortifications along the Rhine from Cleves to Bafil ; furveyed , with peculiar attention , the territories which he had recovered from the hands of the Alemanni , paffed through Befançons ...
Side 19
Edward Gibbon. Before the Barbarians were recovered from their amazement , the emperor appeared in arms on the banks of the Rhine , and , once more croffing the river , renewed the deep impreffions of terror and refpect which had been ...
Edward Gibbon. Before the Barbarians were recovered from their amazement , the emperor appeared in arms on the banks of the Rhine , and , once more croffing the river , renewed the deep impreffions of terror and refpect which had been ...
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