The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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... whose honours he was affociated . On his first entrance into the fervice , an oath was administered to him , with every circumftance of folemnity . He promifed never to defert his ftan- dard , to fubmit his own will to the commands of ...
... whose honours he was affociated . On his first entrance into the fervice , an oath was administered to him , with every circumftance of folemnity . He promifed never to defert his ftan- dard , to fubmit his own will to the commands of ...
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... whose utmost length was about fix feet , and which was terminated by a maffy triangular point of steel of eighteen inches ** . This inftrument was indeed much inferior to our modern fire arms ; fince it was exhausted by a fingle ...
... whose utmost length was about fix feet , and which was terminated by a maffy triangular point of steel of eighteen inches ** . This inftrument was indeed much inferior to our modern fire arms ; fince it was exhausted by a fingle ...
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... whose revolutions , in almoft every period of history , Egypt has humbly obeyed . A Roman præfect was feated on the fplendid throne of the Ptolemies ; and the iron fceptre of the Mamalukes is now in the hands of a Turkish pasha . The ...
... whose revolutions , in almoft every period of history , Egypt has humbly obeyed . A Roman præfect was feated on the fplendid throne of the Ptolemies ; and the iron fceptre of the Mamalukes is now in the hands of a Turkish pasha . The ...
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... whose value was continually diminished by the increasing liberality of the emperors . Yet even , in the age of the Antonines , when the freedom of the city had been bestowed on the greater number of their fubjects , it was ftill ...
... whose value was continually diminished by the increasing liberality of the emperors . Yet even , in the age of the Antonines , when the freedom of the city had been bestowed on the greater number of their fubjects , it was ftill ...
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... whose despe- rate infurrections had more than once reduced the republic to the brink of deftruction " , the most fevere regulations " , and the most cruel treatment , feemed almost justified by the great law of self- preservation . But ...
... whose despe- rate infurrections had more than once reduced the republic to the brink of deftruction " , the most fevere regulations " , and the most cruel treatment , feemed almost justified by the great law of self- preservation . But ...
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