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Side 8
... These post - waggons are often mentioned in the Code , and were supposed to carry fifteen hundred pounds weight . See Vales . ad Ammian . xx . 4 . ed , XXII . ed , in lively colours , the difgrace 8 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... These post - waggons are often mentioned in the Code , and were supposed to carry fifteen hundred pounds weight . See Vales . ad Ammian . xx . 4 . ed , XXII . ed , in lively colours , the difgrace 8 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 13
... these sentiments ; or to afcertain the principles of action , which might escape the obfervation , while they guided , or rather impelled , the steps of Julian himself . The difcontent of the troops was produced by the malice of his ...
... these sentiments ; or to afcertain the principles of action , which might escape the obfervation , while they guided , or rather impelled , the steps of Julian himself . The difcontent of the troops was produced by the malice of his ...
Side 28
... these timid remon- your " ftrances , " replied Julian , with a smile of con- tempt ; " when I gave you my purple to kifs , " I received you not as a counsellor , but as a " fuppliant . " Confcious that fuccefs alone could justify his ...
... these timid remon- your " ftrances , " replied Julian , with a smile of con- tempt ; " when I gave you my purple to kifs , " I received you not as a counsellor , but as a " fuppliant . " Confcious that fuccefs alone could justify his ...
Side 36
... these marks of refpect may be interpreted as a selfish tribute to the birth and dignity of his Im- perial kinfman , the tears of Julian profeffed to the world , that he had forgot the injuries , and remembered only the obligations ...
... these marks of refpect may be interpreted as a selfish tribute to the birth and dignity of his Im- perial kinfman , the tears of Julian profeffed to the world , that he had forgot the injuries , and remembered only the obligations ...
Side 37
... these philofophical ideas , with much eloquence , and fome affectation , in a very elabo- rate epiftle to Themiftius . The Abbé de la Bleterie ( tom . ii . p . 146 —193 . ) , who has given an elegant translation , is inclined to believe ...
... these philofophical ideas , with much eloquence , and fome affectation , in a very elabo- rate epiftle to Themiftius . The Abbé de la Bleterie ( tom . ii . p . 146 —193 . ) , who has given an elegant translation , is inclined to believe ...
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