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... possessed of health and leisure ; that by the practice of writing . some skill and facility must be acquired ; and that , in the ardent pursuit of truth and knowledge , I am not conscious of decay . To an active mind indolence is ...
... possessed of health and leisure ; that by the practice of writing . some skill and facility must be acquired ; and that , in the ardent pursuit of truth and knowledge , I am not conscious of decay . To an active mind indolence is ...
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... possessed valor without conduct , and the love of freedom without the spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other , with wild inconstancy ; and while they fought ...
... possessed valor without conduct , and the love of freedom without the spirit of union . They took up arms with savage fierceness ; they laid them down , or turned them against each other , with wild inconstancy ; and while they fought ...
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... possessed the talents of a general.13 The peaceful system of his predecessors was interrupted by scenes of war and conquest ; and the .egions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits of ...
... possessed the talents of a general.13 The peaceful system of his predecessors was interrupted by scenes of war and conquest ; and the .egions , after a long interval , beheld a military emperor at their head . The first exploits of ...
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... possessed the various talents of the soldier , the statesman , and the scholar , he gratified his curiosity in the discharge of his duty . Careless of the difference of seasons and of climates , he marched on foot , and bare - headed ...
... possessed the various talents of the soldier , the statesman , and the scholar , he gratified his curiosity in the discharge of his duty . Careless of the difference of seasons and of climates , he marched on foot , and bare - headed ...
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... possessed above forty pounds ster- ling , ( Dionys . Halicarn . iv . 17 , ) a very high qualification at a time when money was so scarce , that an ounce of silver was equivalent to seventy pounds weight of brass . The populace ...
... possessed above forty pounds ster- ling , ( Dionys . Halicarn . iv . 17 , ) a very high qualification at a time when money was so scarce , that an ounce of silver was equivalent to seventy pounds weight of brass . The populace ...
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Side vi - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Side 94 - Their united reigns are possibly the only period of history in which the happiness of a great people was the sole object of government.
Side 37 - Viewing, with a smile of pity and indulgence, the various errors of the vulgar, they diligently practised the ceremonies of their fathers, devoutly frequented the temples of the gods, and sometimes condescending to act a part on the theatre of superstition, they concealed the sentiments of an atheist under the sacerdotal robes.
Side 205 - Twenty-two acknowledged concubines, and a library of sixty-two thousand volumes, attested the variety of his inclinations, and from the productions which he left behind him, it appears that the former as well as the latter were designed for use rather than ostentation.
Side 94 - His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Side 504 - After a revolution of thirteen or fourteen centuries, that religion is still professed by the nations of Europe, the most distinguished portion of human kind in arts and learning as well as in arms. By the industry and zeal of the Europeans it has been widely diffused to the most distant shores of Asia and Africa; and by the means of their colonies has been firmly established from Canada to Chili, in a world unknown to the ancients.
Side 524 - The religion of the nations was not merely a speculative doctrine professed in the schools or preached in the temples. The innumerable deities and rites of polytheism were closely interwoven with every circumstance of business or pleasure, of public or of private life; and it seemed impossible to escape the observance of them, without, at the same time, renouncing the commerce of mankind, and all the offices and amusements of...
Side 532 - When the promise of eternal happiness was proposed to mankind on condition of adopting the faith and of observing the precepts of the gospel, it is no wonder that so advantageous an offer should have been accepted by great numbers of every religion, of every rank and of every province in the Roman empire.
Side 35 - The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed, in peace, their local and respective influence; nor could the Roman who deprecated the wrath of the Tiber, deride the Egyptian who presented his offering to the beneficent genius of the Nile.
Side 352 - Instead of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the steady administration of Zenobia was guided by the most judicious maxims of policy. If it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment; if it was necessary to punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity. Her strict economy was accused of avarice; yet on every proper occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighboring States of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia dreaded her enmity and solicited her...