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Side viii
... examples , the shades of distinction are often minute ; and I can feel , where I cannot explain , the motives of my choice . At the end of the History , the reader will find a General Index to the whole work , which has been drawn up by ...
... examples , the shades of distinction are often minute ; and I can feel , where I cannot explain , the motives of my choice . At the end of the History , the reader will find a General Index to the whole work , which has been drawn up by ...
Side 8
... example of Roman perfidy . ' He under- takes the conquest of Italy , In every state of his fortune , the prudence and firmness of Theodoric were equally conspicuous ; A. D. 489. whether he threatened Constantinople at the head of the ...
... example of Roman perfidy . ' He under- takes the conquest of Italy , In every state of his fortune , the prudence and firmness of Theodoric were equally conspicuous ; A. D. 489. whether he threatened Constantinople at the head of the ...
Side 14
... example The sonorous and servile oration of Ennodius was pronounced at Milan or Ravenna in the years 507 or 508 ( Sirmond , tom . i . p . 1615 ) . Two or three years afterwards , the orator was rewarded with the bishopric of Pavia ...
... example The sonorous and servile oration of Ennodius was pronounced at Milan or Ravenna in the years 507 or 508 ( Sirmond , tom . i . p . 1615 ) . Two or three years afterwards , the orator was rewarded with the bishopric of Pavia ...
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... example , they strove to excel in the use , not only of the lance and sword , the instruments of their victories , but of the missile weapons , which they were too much inclined to neglect ; and the lively image of war was displayed in ...
... example , they strove to excel in the use , not only of the lance and sword , the instruments of their victories , but of the missile weapons , which they were too much inclined to neglect ; and the lively image of war was displayed in ...
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... example of a barbarian , who sheathed his sive wars . sword in the pride of victory and the vigour of his age . A reign of three and thirty years was conse- crated to the duties of civil government , and the hostilities in which he was ...
... example of a barbarian , who sheathed his sive wars . sword in the pride of victory and the vigour of his age . A reign of three and thirty years was conse- crated to the duties of civil government , and the hostilities in which he was ...
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