The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side xvii
... military duties , and as little did he calculate , that the bloodless campaign would last two years and a half . This new profession , however , was not altogether unprofitable to him . " After my foreign education ( he says ) , with my ...
... military duties , and as little did he calculate , that the bloodless campaign would last two years and a half . This new profession , however , was not altogether unprofitable to him . " After my foreign education ( he says ) , with my ...
Side xxix
... military conduct has been praised by professional men ; his character has been vilified by the wit and malice of a de- mon ; * but I was flattered by his affability , and entertained by his conversation . ... " In his tour of ...
... military conduct has been praised by professional men ; his character has been vilified by the wit and malice of a de- mon ; * but I was flattered by his affability , and entertained by his conversation . ... " In his tour of ...
Side xxxii
... military and political characters of Great Britain , from Henry VIII . to his own time . The murder of the king of France , and the war in which England was involved , made Switzerland no desirable sta- tion , and Mr. Gibbon , we find ...
... military and political characters of Great Britain , from Henry VIII . to his own time . The murder of the king of France , and the war in which England was involved , made Switzerland no desirable sta- tion , and Mr. Gibbon , we find ...
Side 1
... military force of the empire in the age of the Antonines . . In the second century of the Christian era , the tion . empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth , and the most civilized portion of mankind . The frontiers ...
... military force of the empire in the age of the Antonines . . In the second century of the Christian era , the tion . empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth , and the most civilized portion of mankind . The frontiers ...
Side 6
... military emperor at their head . The first exploits of Trajan were against the Dacians , the most warlike of men , who dwelt beyond the Danube , and who , during the reign of Domitian , had insulted with impunity the majesty of Rome ...
... military emperor at their head . The first exploits of Trajan were against the Dacians , the most warlike of men , who dwelt beyond the Danube , and who , during the reign of Domitian , had insulted with impunity the majesty of Rome ...
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