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Side 17
... Greek republics , his innocent The dissection of Rufinus , which Claudian performs with the savage coolness of an anatomist , ( in Rufin . 2. 405–415 . ) is likewise specified by Zosimus and Jerome , ( tom . 1. p . 26. ) VOL . IV . C ...
... Greek republics , his innocent The dissection of Rufinus , which Claudian performs with the savage coolness of an anatomist , ( in Rufin . 2. 405–415 . ) is likewise specified by Zosimus and Jerome , ( tom . 1. p . 26. ) VOL . IV . C ...
Side 29
... have borrowed the general prac tice of Honorius , without adopting the singular , and indeed , improbable tale , which is related by the Greek historian . his dominions ; and that the ambitious minister suffered him CHAP . XXIX . 29.
... have borrowed the general prac tice of Honorius , without adopting the singular , and indeed , improbable tale , which is related by the Greek historian . his dominions ; and that the ambitious minister suffered him CHAP . XXIX . 29.
Side 36
... Greek superstition . The songs of Homer , and the fame of Achilles , had probably never reached the ear of the illiterate barbarian ; and the Christian faith , which he had devoutly embraced , taught him to despise the imaginary deities ...
... Greek superstition . The songs of Homer , and the fame of Achilles , had probably never reached the ear of the illiterate barbarian ; and the Christian faith , which he had devoutly embraced , taught him to despise the imaginary deities ...
Side 58
... Greek word Oriμaro ; which does not convey any precise idea . I suspect that they were the princes and nobles , with their faithful companions ; the knights , with their squires , as they would have been styled some centuries afterward ...
... Greek word Oriμaro ; which does not convey any precise idea . I suspect that they were the princes and nobles , with their faithful companions ; the knights , with their squires , as they would have been styled some centuries afterward ...
Side 67
... Greek church was favourable to his adversaries ; and ( what is sin gular enough ) the people did not take any part in a dispute which they could not understand . permitted such a train of moral and natural evils , F 2 CHAP . XXX . 67 ...
... Greek church was favourable to his adversaries ; and ( what is sin gular enough ) the people did not take any part in a dispute which they could not understand . permitted such a train of moral and natural evils , F 2 CHAP . XXX . 67 ...
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