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... 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 his elevation , were offended by his virtues ; and they ...
... 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 his elevation , were offended by his virtues ; and they ...
Side 8
... arms , accufed the defertion of their huf bands in the mixed language of grief , of ten- dernefs , and of indignation . This fcene of ge- neral distress afflicted the humanity of the Cæfar ; he granted a fufficient number of poft ...
... arms , accufed the defertion of their huf bands in the mixed language of grief , of ten- dernefs , and of indignation . This fcene of ge- neral distress afflicted the humanity of the Cæfar ; he granted a fufficient number of poft ...
Side 18
... arms threatened the state with an unfeason- able and dangerous war . The policy of Julian condefcended to furprise the prince of the Ale- manni by his own arts ; and Vadomair , who , in the character of a friend , had incautioufly ac ...
... arms threatened the state with an unfeason- able and dangerous war . The policy of Julian condefcended to furprise the prince of the Ale- manni by his own arts ; and Vadomair , who , in the character of a friend , had incautioufly ac ...
Side 19
... arms on the banks of the Rhine , and , once more croffing the river , renewed the deep impreffions of terror and refpect which had been already made by four preceding expeditions 20 . CHA P. XXII . treaty and tion of A.D. 361 , declara ...
... arms on the banks of the Rhine , and , once more croffing the river , renewed the deep impreffions of terror and refpect which had been already made by four preceding expeditions 20 . CHA P. XXII . treaty and tion of A.D. 361 , declara ...
Side 23
... arms against Conftantius , when he fum- moned them to leave Gaul , now declared with 24 Three hundred myriads , or three millions of medimni , a corn- measure familiar to the Athenians , and which contained fix Roman modii . Julian ...
... arms against Conftantius , when he fum- moned them to leave Gaul , now declared with 24 Three hundred myriads , or three millions of medimni , a corn- measure familiar to the Athenians , and which contained fix Roman modii . Julian ...
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