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... Most of the auxiliaries , who engaged their voluntary fervice , had ftipulated , that they should never be obliged to pafs the Alps . The public faith of Rome , and the per- fonal honour of Julian , had been pledged for the obfervance ...
... Most of the auxiliaries , who engaged their voluntary fervice , had ftipulated , that they should never be obliged to pafs the Alps . The public faith of Rome , and the per- fonal honour of Julian , had been pledged for the obfervance ...
Side 7
... most ferious terms , his wifh , and even his intention , of refigning the purple , which he could not preserve with honour , but which he could not abdicate with fafety . contents , After a painful conflict , Julian was compelled Their ...
... most ferious terms , his wifh , and even his intention , of refigning the purple , which he could not preserve with honour , but which he could not abdicate with fafety . contents , After a painful conflict , Julian was compelled Their ...
Side 8
... most laudable arts , his own po- pularity , and the discontent of the exiled troops . The grief of an armed multitude is foon con- verted into rage ; their licentious murmurs , which every hour were communicated from tent to tent with ...
... most laudable arts , his own po- pularity , and the discontent of the exiled troops . The grief of an armed multitude is foon con- verted into rage ; their licentious murmurs , which every hour were communicated from tent to tent with ...
Side 13
... most con- fummate artifice without neceffity , and probably without fuccefs . He folemnly declares , in the prefence of Jupiter , of the Sun , of Mars , of Minerva , and of all the other deities , that , till the close of the evening ...
... most con- fummate artifice without neceffity , and probably without fuccefs . He folemnly declares , in the prefence of Jupiter , of the Sun , of Mars , of Minerva , and of all the other deities , that , till the close of the evening ...
Side 21
... most flattering defe- rence , that he was ready to refign the title of Auguftus , if he could obtain the confent of those whom he acknowledged as the authors of his elevation . The faint propofal was impetuously filenced ; and the ...
... most flattering defe- rence , that he was ready to refign the title of Auguftus , if he could obtain the confent of those whom he acknowledged as the authors of his elevation . The faint propofal was impetuously filenced ; and the ...
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