The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 10
... African coast . The public distress was aggravated by the fears and reproaches of superstition ( 32 ) . Every hour pro- duced some horrid tale of strange and portentous accidents : the Pa- gans deplored the neglect of omens , and the ...
... African coast . The public distress was aggravated by the fears and reproaches of superstition ( 32 ) . Every hour pro- duced some horrid tale of strange and portentous accidents : the Pa- gans deplored the neglect of omens , and the ...
Side 24
... Africa , ten or twelve years after the victory ; and their authority is implicitly followed by Isidore of Seville ( in Chron . p . 713. edit . Grot . ) How many interesting facts might Orosius have inserted in the vacant space which is ...
... Africa , ten or twelve years after the victory ; and their authority is implicitly followed by Isidore of Seville ( in Chron . p . 713. edit . Grot . ) How many interesting facts might Orosius have inserted in the vacant space which is ...
Side 34
... African saint so unworthily bestows , might proceed , as well from ignorance , as from adulation . * From Cicero's XIIth Philippic , c . 14.-M. independent dignity ; and the minister was astonished to find 34 [ CHAP . XXX . THE DECLINE ...
... African saint so unworthily bestows , might proceed , as well from ignorance , as from adulation . * From Cicero's XIIth Philippic , c . 14.-M. independent dignity ; and the minister was astonished to find 34 [ CHAP . XXX . THE DECLINE ...
Side 38
... Africa ( 114 ) ; and the statue of Claudian , erected in the forum of Trajan , was a monument of the taste and liberality of the Roman sénate ( 115 ) . After the praises of Stilicho became offensive and criminal , Claudian was exposed ...
... Africa ( 114 ) ; and the statue of Claudian , erected in the forum of Trajan , was a monument of the taste and liberality of the Roman sénate ( 115 ) . After the praises of Stilicho became offensive and criminal , Claudian was exposed ...
Side 44
... Africans to the gates of Rome , where he found three armies in order of battle , prepared to receive him ; but Hannibal dreaded the event of a com- bat , from which he could not hope to escape , unless he destroyed the last of his ...
... Africans to the gates of Rome , where he found three armies in order of battle , prepared to receive him ; but Hannibal dreaded the event of a com- bat , from which he could not hope to escape , unless he destroyed the last of his ...
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