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... hundred feet , which , in some places , was contracted to a road capable of admitting only a single carriage ( 6 ) . In this narrow pass of Thermopylae , where Leonidas and the three hundred Spartans had gloriously de- voted their lives ...
... hundred feet , which , in some places , was contracted to a road capable of admitting only a single carriage ( 6 ) . In this narrow pass of Thermopylae , where Leonidas and the three hundred Spartans had gloriously de- voted their lives ...
Side 5
... hundred years , did not survive the destruction of Eleusis , and the calamities of Greece ( 15 ) . by Stilicho , A. D. 397 . The last hope of a people who could no longer depend on their He is attacked arms , their gods , or their ...
... hundred years , did not survive the destruction of Eleusis , and the calamities of Greece ( 15 ) . by Stilicho , A. D. 397 . The last hope of a people who could no longer depend on their He is attacked arms , their gods , or their ...
Side 12
... hundred miles from the scene of danger ( vi Cons . Hon . 449. ) . * According to Le Beau and his commentator M. St. Martin , Honorius did not attempt to fly . Settlements were offered to the Goths in Lom- bardy , and they advanced from ...
... hundred miles from the scene of danger ( vi Cons . Hon . 449. ) . * According to Le Beau and his commentator M. St. Martin , Honorius did not attempt to fly . Settlements were offered to the Goths in Lom- bardy , and they advanced from ...
Side 16
... hundred years , had only thrice been honoured with the presence of their sovereigns . While their eyes were fixed on the chariot where Stilicho was deservedly seated by the side of his royal pupil , they applauded the pomp of a triumph ...
... hundred years , had only thrice been honoured with the presence of their sovereigns . While their eyes were fixed on the chariot where Stilicho was deservedly seated by the side of his royal pupil , they applauded the pomp of a triumph ...
Side 17
... hundred , perhaps several thousand , victims , were annually slaugh- tered in the great cities of the empire ; and the month of December , more peculiarly devoted to the combats of gladiators , still exhibited to the eyes of the Roman ...
... hundred , perhaps several thousand , victims , were annually slaugh- tered in the great cities of the empire ; and the month of December , more peculiarly devoted to the combats of gladiators , still exhibited to the eyes of the Roman ...
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