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... conqueror , though he was ignorant of the value of an original picture , pos- sessed the purest source of good taste , a benevolent heart ( Plutarch . Symposiac . 1. ix . tom . íi . p . 737. edit . Wechel . ) . - . ] the example of the ...
... conqueror , though he was ignorant of the value of an original picture , pos- sessed the purest source of good taste , a benevolent heart ( Plutarch . Symposiac . 1. ix . tom . íi . p . 737. edit . Wechel . ) . - . ] the example of the ...
Side 5
... conqueror was dismayed by the presence of the hostile deities of Greece . In an age of miracles , it would perhaps be unjust to dispute the claim of the historian Zo- simus to the common benefit ; yet it cannot be dissembled , that the ...
... conqueror was dismayed by the presence of the hostile deities of Greece . In an age of miracles , it would perhaps be unjust to dispute the claim of the historian Zo- simus to the common benefit ; yet it cannot be dissembled , that the ...
Side 8
... conqueror was received as a lawful magistrate , in the cities which he had so lately besieged . The fathers , whose sons he had mas- sacred , the husbands , whose wives he had violated , were subject to his authority : and the success ...
... conqueror was received as a lawful magistrate , in the cities which he had so lately besieged . The fathers , whose sons he had mas- sacred , the husbands , whose wives he had violated , were subject to his authority : and the success ...
Side 12
... treacherous stratagem of Stilicho , who surprised them while they were reposing on the faith of this treaty . Le Beau , v . 223. — M. - portant debate , Alaric displayed the spirit of the conqueror 12 [ CHAP . XXX . THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... treacherous stratagem of Stilicho , who surprised them while they were reposing on the faith of this treaty . Le Beau , v . 223. — M. - portant debate , Alaric displayed the spirit of the conqueror 12 [ CHAP . XXX . THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 13
Edward Gibbon. portant debate , Alaric displayed the spirit of the conqueror of Rome ; and after he had reminded his countrymen of their achievements and of their designs , he concluded his animating speech , by the solemn and positive ...
Edward Gibbon. portant debate , Alaric displayed the spirit of the conqueror of Rome ; and after he had reminded his countrymen of their achievements and of their designs , he concluded his animating speech , by the solemn and positive ...
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