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... favourites , who had oppofed his elevation , were offended by his virtues ; and they justly confidered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court . As long as the fame VOL . IV . B of XXII . CHAP . of Julian was doubtful , the.
... favourites , who had oppofed his elevation , were offended by his virtues ; and they justly confidered the friend of the people as the enemy of the court . As long as the fame VOL . IV . B of XXII . CHAP . of Julian was doubtful , the.
Side 13
... enemies ; their tumult was the natural effect of interest and of paffion ; and if Julian had tried to con- ceal a ... enemy , and that he himself was the favourite , of the gods , might prompt him to defire , to folicit , and even to ...
... enemies ; their tumult was the natural effect of interest and of paffion ; and if Julian had tried to con- ceal a ... enemy , and that he himself was the favourite , of the gods , might prompt him to defire , to folicit , and even to ...
Side 14
... enemies ** , to defeat and to despise the fecret enterprises which were formed against his life and dignity , were the cares which employed the first days of the reign of the new Emperor . Although he was firmly refolved to maintain the ...
... enemies ** , to defeat and to despise the fecret enterprises which were formed against his life and dignity , were the cares which employed the first days of the reign of the new Emperor . Although he was firmly refolved to maintain the ...
Side 20
... enemy ; he continued his march towards the confines of Perfia , and thought it fufficient to fignify the conditions which might entitle Julian and his guilty followers to the clemency of their offended fovereign . He required , that the ...
... enemy ; he continued his march towards the confines of Perfia , and thought it fufficient to fignify the conditions which might entitle Julian and his guilty followers to the clemency of their offended fovereign . He required , that the ...
Side 23
... enemy , who prepared to furround him . But the Imperial legions were still in their distant quarters of Afia ; the Da- nube was feebly guarded ; and if Julian could occupy , by a fudden incurfion , the important provinces of Illyricum ...
... enemy , who prepared to furround him . But the Imperial legions were still in their distant quarters of Afia ; the Da- nube was feebly guarded ; and if Julian could occupy , by a fudden incurfion , the important provinces of Illyricum ...
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