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... person of the phi- lofophic warrior ; and his modeft dispatches were ftigmatized as the vain and elaborate fictions of a loquacious Greek , a fpeculative foldier , who had studied the art of war amidst the groves of the academy ' . The ...
... person of the phi- lofophic warrior ; and his modeft dispatches were ftigmatized as the vain and elaborate fictions of a loquacious Greek , a fpeculative foldier , who had studied the art of war amidst the groves of the academy ' . The ...
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... person and dignity from the accidents of a nocturnal tumult . At the dawn of day , the foldiers , whofe zeal was irritated by oppofition , forcibly entered the pa- lace , feized , with respectful violence , the object of their choice ...
... person and dignity from the accidents of a nocturnal tumult . At the dawn of day , the foldiers , whofe zeal was irritated by oppofition , forcibly entered the pa- lace , feized , with respectful violence , the object of their choice ...
Side 96
... person or image of his fovereign . The foldiers paffed fucceffively in review ; and each of them , before he received from the hand of Julian a liberal donative , pro- portioned to his rank and fervices , was required to caft a few ...
... person or image of his fovereign . The foldiers paffed fucceffively in review ; and each of them , before he received from the hand of Julian a liberal donative , pro- portioned to his rank and fervices , was required to caft a few ...
Side 116
... person of the infolvent debtor . Under the preceding reign , Mark , bishop of Arethufa " had laboured in the converfion of his people with arms more effectual than those of perfuafion " 3 . The magiftrates required the full value of a ...
... person of the infolvent debtor . Under the preceding reign , Mark , bishop of Arethufa " had laboured in the converfion of his people with arms more effectual than those of perfuafion " 3 . The magiftrates required the full value of a ...
Side 201
... person to " the dangers of war , with the clear fore - know- 86 ledge ( which I had acquired from the art of " divination ) that I was destined to fall by the " fword . I now offer my tribute of gratitude " to the Eternal Being , who ...
... person to " the dangers of war , with the clear fore - know- 86 ledge ( which I had acquired from the art of " divination ) that I was destined to fall by the " fword . I now offer my tribute of gratitude " to the Eternal Being , who ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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