 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,...  History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Side 352av Edward Gibbon - 1875Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Edmund Burke - 1779 - 750 sider
...and liberal. The neighbouring ftates of Arabia, Armenia, and Perfia, dreaded her enmity, and foliated her alliance. To the dominions of Odenathus, which extended from the Euphrates to the fron, tiers of Bithynia, his widow added the inheritance of her anceilors, the populous and fertile... | |
 | 1788 - 642 sider
...liberal. The neighbouring fíales of Arabia, Armenia, and Perita, dreaded her enmity, and folicited her alliance. To the dominions of Odenathus, which...of Bithynia, his widow added the inheritance of her anceftors, the populous and fertile kingdom of Egypt. The Emperor Claudius acknowledged her merit,... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - 638 sider
...liberal. The neighbouring {rates of Arabia, Armenia, and Perfia', dreaded her enmity, and folicited her alliance. To the dominions of Odenathus, which...Euphrates to the frontiers of Bithynia, his widow added die inheritance of her anccftors, the populous and fertile kingdom of Egypt. The Emperor Claudius acknowledged... | |
 | 1788 - 638 sider
...liberal. The neighbouring nates of Arcbia, Armenia, and Perfia, dreaded her comity, and folicited hrr alliance. To the dominions of Odenathus, which extended from the Euphrates to the frontiers of Bithynü, his widow added tlie inheritance of her anceftors, the populous and fertile kingdom of Egypt.... | |
 | Mary Hays - 1807 - 526 sider
...and munificent. The neighbouring states of Armenia, Arabia, and Persia, dreaded her power and courted her alliance. To the dominions of Odenathus, which...extended from the Euphrates to the frontiers of Bithynia, she added the inheritance of her ancestors, the fertile and populous kingdom of Egypt. The emperor... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 sider
...soon strengthened herself so much that she resolved to submit neither to the Roman nor Persian power. Arabia, Armenia, and Persia, dreaded her enmity and solicited her alliance. To the dominions of Odenatus, which extended from the Euphrates to the frontiers of Bithynia, she added the inheritance... | |
 | American Lady - 1833 - 248 sider
...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 was magnificent and liberal.' In addition to all this she is represented as, having been ' the loveliest... | |
 | lady Sydney Morgan - 1840 - 782 sider
...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...occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighbouring states of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia, dreaded her enmity, and solicited her alliance.... | |
 | Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1840 - 224 sider
...avaient et& sous l'ob&ssanced'Odcn of Russia created " foregone conclusions" in favour of her grandsons. Her strict economy was accused of avarice : yet on...occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighbouring states of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia, dreaded her enmity, and solicited her alliance.... | |
 | 1865 - 838 sider
...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;...dreaded her enmity, and solicited her alliance."* Meantime, the favor which the queen * Gibbon, "Decline and Fall." had secured in her own provinces... | |
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