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Side 14
... 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 13 Ammian . xx . 5. with the note of Lindenbrogius on the Genius of the ...
... 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 13 Ammian . xx . 5. with the note of Lindenbrogius on the Genius of the ...
Side 23
... formed at the foot of the Cottian Alps , seemed to indi- cate the march of two armies ; and the fize of those magazines , each of which confifted of fix hundred thousand quarters of wheat , or rather flour , was a threatening evidence ...
... formed at the foot of the Cottian Alps , seemed to indi- cate the march of two armies ; and the fize of those magazines , each of which confifted of fix hundred thousand quarters of wheat , or rather flour , was a threatening evidence ...
Side 33
... formed with diligence , and profecuted with vigour . But the legionaries , who feemed to have rejected the yoke of difcipline , conducted the defence of the place with skill and perfeverance ; invited the reft of Italy to imitate the ...
... formed with diligence , and profecuted with vigour . But the legionaries , who feemed to have rejected the yoke of difcipline , conducted the defence of the place with skill and perfeverance ; invited the reft of Italy to imitate the ...
Side 35
... formed three different attacks against Thrace , were pre- vented by this fortunate event . Without fhed- ding the blood of his fellow - citizens , he escaped the dangers of a doubtful conflict , and acquired the advantages of a complete ...
... formed three different attacks against Thrace , were pre- vented by this fortunate event . Without fhed- ding the blood of his fellow - citizens , he escaped the dangers of a doubtful conflict , and acquired the advantages of a complete ...
Side 51
... formed by ten of the domestic guards , who had refolved to affaffinate Julian in the field of exercife near Antioch . Their intemperance revealed their guilt ; and they were conducted in chains to the prefence of their injured fovereign ...
... formed by ten of the domestic guards , who had refolved to affaffinate Julian in the field of exercife near Antioch . Their intemperance revealed their guilt ; and they were conducted in chains to the prefence of their injured fovereign ...
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