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... 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 of this condition . Such an act of treachery and oppreffion would destroy the confidence , and ...
... 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 of this condition . Such an act of treachery and oppreffion would destroy the confidence , and ...
Side 15
... private letters , objurgatorias et mordaces , which the historian had not feen , and would not have published . Perhaps they never existed . I 2 manner , XXII . CHAP . manner , the confirmation of the OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 1.5.
... private letters , objurgatorias et mordaces , which the historian had not feen , and would not have published . Perhaps they never existed . I 2 manner , XXII . CHAP . manner , the confirmation of the OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 1.5.
Side 32
... never fpoke of this military expe- dition in any other light than that of a hunting party " . In the camp of Hierapolis , in Syria , he communicated this design to his army ; flightly mentioned the guilt and rafhnefs of the Cæfar ; and ...
... never fpoke of this military expe- dition in any other light than that of a hunting party " . In the camp of Hierapolis , in Syria , he communicated this design to his army ; flightly mentioned the guilt and rafhnefs of the Cæfar ; and ...
Side 37
... never allowed him the freedom of choice . He might perhaps fincerely have preferred the groves of the academy , and the fociety of Athens ; but he was constrained , at first by the will , and afterwards by the injuftice , of Conftantius ...
... never allowed him the freedom of choice . He might perhaps fincerely have preferred the groves of the academy , and the fociety of Athens ; but he was constrained , at first by the will , and afterwards by the injuftice , of Conftantius ...
Side 39
... never clouded by the fumes of indigestion ; and , except in the short interval of a marriage , which was the effect of policy rather than love , the chafte Julian never shared his bed with a female companion 50. He was foon awakened by ...
... never clouded by the fumes of indigestion ; and , except in the short interval of a marriage , which was the effect of policy rather than love , the chafte Julian never shared his bed with a female companion 50. He was foon awakened by ...
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