The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 5
... historian Zo- simus to the common benefit ; yet it cannot be dissembled , that the mind of Alaric was ill prepared to receive , either in sleeping or waking visions , the impressions of Greek superstition . The songs of Homer , and the ...
... historian Zo- simus to the common benefit ; yet it cannot be dissembled , that the mind of Alaric was ill prepared to receive , either in sleeping or waking visions , the impressions of Greek superstition . The songs of Homer , and the ...
Side 8
... historian adds , with unusual spirit , Cum suis deliberans suasit suo labore quærere regna , quam alienis per otium subjacere . ( 24 ) Discors odiisque anceps civilibus Orbis Non sua vis tutata diu , dum fœdera fallax Ludit , et alternæ ...
... historian adds , with unusual spirit , Cum suis deliberans suasit suo labore quærere regna , quam alienis per otium subjacere . ( 24 ) Discors odiisque anceps civilibus Orbis Non sua vis tutata diu , dum fœdera fallax Ludit , et alternæ ...
Side 9
... historian , he may amuse himself with contemplating , for a moment , the influence of the arms of Alaric on the fortunes of two obscure individuals , a presbyter of Aquileia , and an husbandman of Verona . The learned Rufinus , who was ...
... historian , he may amuse himself with contemplating , for a moment , the influence of the arms of Alaric on the fortunes of two obscure individuals , a presbyter of Aquileia , and an husbandman of Verona . The learned Rufinus , who was ...
Side 21
... historians , he has been styled the King of the Goths . Twelve thousand warriors , distinguished above the vulgar by their noble birth , or their valiant deeds , glittered in the van ( 68 ) ; and the whole multitude , which was not less ...
... historians , he has been styled the King of the Goths . Twelve thousand warriors , distinguished above the vulgar by their noble birth , or their valiant deeds , glittered in the van ( 68 ) ; and the whole multitude , which was not less ...
Side 25
... historian . † ( 83 ) And Claudian's muse , was she asleep ? had she been ill paid ? Methinks the seventh consul- ship of Honorius ( A. D. 407. ) would have furnished the subject of a noble poem . Before it was discovered that the state ...
... historian . † ( 83 ) And Claudian's muse , was she asleep ? had she been ill paid ? Methinks the seventh consul- ship of Honorius ( A. D. 407. ) would have furnished the subject of a noble poem . Before it was discovered that the state ...
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