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... possessed lands , or were concerned in trade , had themselves contributed to the calamities of their coun- try ; and he imputed the disrespectful boldness which they assumed , to the sense , not of public duty , but of private interest ...
... possessed lands , or were concerned in trade , had themselves contributed to the calamities of their coun- try ; and he imputed the disrespectful boldness which they assumed , to the sense , not of public duty , but of private interest ...
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... possessed one citizen , whose genius and virtues might atone , in the opinion of Julian , for the vice and folly of his country . The sophist Libanius was born in the capital of the east ; he publicly professed the arts of rhetoric and ...
... possessed one citizen , whose genius and virtues might atone , in the opinion of Julian , for the vice and folly of his country . The sophist Libanius was born in the capital of the east ; he publicly professed the arts of rhetoric and ...
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... possessed such im- mense treasures , is now reduced to want and wretchedness ; since our princes have been persuaded , by weak and inte- rested ministers , to purchase with gold the tranquillity of the barbarians . The revenue is ...
... possessed such im- mense treasures , is now reduced to want and wretchedness ; since our princes have been persuaded , by weak and inte- rested ministers , to purchase with gold the tranquillity of the barbarians . The revenue is ...
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... possessed a more equal field , Julian , who , with his light infantry , had led the attack , * darted through the ranks a skilful and experienced eye ; his bravest soldiers , according to the precepts of Homer , † were distributed in ...
... possessed a more equal field , Julian , who , with his light infantry , had led the attack , * darted through the ranks a skilful and experienced eye ; his bravest soldiers , according to the precepts of Homer , † were distributed in ...
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... possessed the two forcible instruments of persuasion , steel and gold , would easily procure a plentiful subsistence from the fears or avarice of the natives . But on the approach of the Romans , this rich and smiling prospect was ...
... possessed the two forcible instruments of persuasion , steel and gold , would easily procure a plentiful subsistence from the fears or avarice of the natives . But on the approach of the Romans , this rich and smiling prospect was ...
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