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Side 7
... merit of the execution , Unable to refift , unwilling to comply , Julian expreffed , in the most ferious terms , his wifh , and even his intention , of refigning the purple , which he could not preserve with honour , but which he could ...
... merit of the execution , Unable to refift , unwilling to comply , Julian expreffed , in the most ferious terms , his wifh , and even his intention , of refigning the purple , which he could not preserve with honour , but which he could ...
Side 9
... merit deserved a peculiar attention , Julian addreffed himself in a studied oration to the furrounding multitude : he cele- brated their exploits with grateful applaufe ; en- couraged them to accept , with alacrity , the honour of ...
... merit deserved a peculiar attention , Julian addreffed himself in a studied oration to the furrounding multitude : he cele- brated their exploits with grateful applaufe ; en- couraged them to accept , with alacrity , the honour of ...
Side 16
... government were difarmed and fe- cured ; and the vacant offices were diftributed , according to the recommendation of merit , by a prince , XXII . His fourth prince , who defpifed the intrigues 16 THE DECLINE AND FALL DEC.
... government were difarmed and fe- cured ; and the vacant offices were diftributed , according to the recommendation of merit , by a prince , XXII . His fourth prince , who defpifed the intrigues 16 THE DECLINE AND FALL DEC.
Side 27
... merit of an early fubmiffion , he paffed before the hoftile stations , which were placed along the river , without indulging the temptation of fignalizing an ufelefs and ill - timed valour . The banks of the Danube were crowded on ...
... merit of an early fubmiffion , he paffed before the hoftile stations , which were placed along the river , without indulging the temptation of fignalizing an ufelefs and ill - timed valour . The banks of the Danube were crowded on ...
Side 30
... merits of his caufe ; and to excel , not only in the arts of war , but in thofe of compofition . His epiftle to the fenate and people of Athens " seems to have been dictated 36 Julian ( ad S. P. Q. Athen . p . 286. ) pofitively afferts ...
... merits of his caufe ; and to excel , not only in the arts of war , but in thofe of compofition . His epiftle to the fenate and people of Athens " seems to have been dictated 36 Julian ( ad S. P. Q. Athen . p . 286. ) pofitively afferts ...
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