The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 17
... ancient custom , respectfully to salute the power , which supported their throne . As Rufinus passed along the ranks , and dis- guised with studied courtesy , his innate haughtiness , the wings insensibly wheeled from the right and left ...
... ancient custom , respectfully to salute the power , which supported their throne . As Rufinus passed along the ranks , and dis- guised with studied courtesy , his innate haughtiness , the wings insensibly wheeled from the right and left ...
Side 22
... ancient freedom ; if they had not long since been accustomed a Inque tuam sortem numerosas transtulit urbes . Claudian ( de Bell . Gildonico , 230-324 . ) has touched , with political delicacy , the intrigues of the Byzantine court ...
... ancient freedom ; if they had not long since been accustomed a Inque tuam sortem numerosas transtulit urbes . Claudian ( de Bell . Gildonico , 230-324 . ) has touched , with political delicacy , the intrigues of the Byzantine court ...
Side 27
... ancient constitu- tion . It is here that he introduces the famous sentence , so familiar to the friends of despotism : -Nunquam libertas gratior exstat Quam sub rege pio- But the freedom , which depends on royal piety , scarcely ...
... ancient constitu- tion . It is here that he introduces the famous sentence , so familiar to the friends of despotism : -Nunquam libertas gratior exstat Quam sub rege pio- But the freedom , which depends on royal piety , scarcely ...
Side 28
... ancient fables of Greece , which had almost ceased to be the object of religious faith , were saved from oblivion by the genius of poetry . The picture of the Cyprian grove , the seat of harmony and love ; the triumphant progress of ...
... ancient fables of Greece , which had almost ceased to be the object of religious faith , were saved from oblivion by the genius of poetry . The picture of the Cyprian grove , the seat of harmony and love ; the triumphant progress of ...
Side 32
... ancient seat of freedom and learning to the Gothic invader . The proconsul Antiochus was the unworthy son of a re- spectable father ; and Gerontius , who commanded the provincial troops , was much better qualified to execute the ...
... ancient seat of freedom and learning to the Gothic invader . The proconsul Antiochus was the unworthy son of a re- spectable father ; and Gerontius , who commanded the provincial troops , was much better qualified to execute the ...
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