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Side 12
... appears to have indulged the most ample privilege of a poet and a cour- tier , some criticism will be requisite to translate the language of fiction , or exaggeration , into the truth and simplicity of historic prose . His silence ...
... appears to have indulged the most ample privilege of a poet and a cour- tier , some criticism will be requisite to translate the language of fiction , or exaggeration , into the truth and simplicity of historic prose . His silence ...
Side 26
... to Orosius . e Zosimus ( lib . 5. p . 303. ) supposes an obstinate combat ; but the narrative of Orosius appears to conceal a real fact , under the disguise of a miracle . from the field of battle to the sea - shore 26 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... to Orosius . e Zosimus ( lib . 5. p . 303. ) supposes an obstinate combat ; but the narrative of Orosius appears to conceal a real fact , under the disguise of a miracle . from the field of battle to the sea - shore 26 ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 27
... appear- ed more conspicuous , and more sincere , in the midst of prosperity , still affected to consult the laws of the re- public , and referred to the senate and people of Rome , the judgment of the most illustrious criminals ...
... appear- ed more conspicuous , and more sincere , in the midst of prosperity , still affected to consult the laws of the re- public , and referred to the senate and people of Rome , the judgment of the most illustrious criminals ...
Side 37
... appears to have seized the favourable moment to execute one of those hardy enterprises , in which the abilities of a general are displayed with more genuine lustre , than in the tumult of a day of battle . To extricate himself from the ...
... appears to have seized the favourable moment to execute one of those hardy enterprises , in which the abilities of a general are displayed with more genuine lustre , than in the tumult of a day of battle . To extricate himself from the ...
Side 41
... appear to have employed a considerable time . Unless his operations were extremely cautious and slow , the length of the in- terval would suggest a probable suspicion , that the Gothic king retreated towards the banks of the Danube ...
... appear to have employed a considerable time . Unless his operations were extremely cautious and slow , the length of the in- terval would suggest a probable suspicion , that the Gothic king retreated towards the banks of the Danube ...
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