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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... deserved , from every party , the im- putation of every crime . The strong impulse of ambition and avarice had urged Rufinus to abandon his native country , an obscure corner of Gaul , " to advance his fortune in the capital of the east ...
... deserved , from every party , the im- putation of every crime . The strong impulse of ambition and avarice had urged Rufinus to abandon his native country , an obscure corner of Gaul , " to advance his fortune in the capital of the east ...
Side 13
... deserved , or claimed , from the liberality of the state . The valour and conduct which he afterward displayed , in the defence of Italy , against the arms of His mili- mand . 1 Claudian , in an imperfect poem , has drawn a fair ...
... deserved , or claimed , from the liberality of the state . The valour and conduct which he afterward displayed , in the defence of Italy , against the arms of His mili- mand . 1 Claudian , in an imperfect poem , has drawn a fair ...
Side 14
... deserved the ha- tred of Rufinus ; and the arts of calumny might have been successful , if the tender and vigilant Serena had not protected her husband against his domestic foes , whilst he vanquished in the field the enemies of the ...
... deserved the ha- tred of Rufinus ; and the arts of calumny might have been successful , if the tender and vigilant Serena had not protected her husband against his domestic foes , whilst he vanquished in the field the enemies of the ...
Side 16
... deserved ; he computed , with increasing terror , the narrow space of his life and great- ness ; and , as the last hope of safety , he interposed the authority of the emperor Arcadius . Stilicho , who ap- pears to have directed his ...
... deserved ; he computed , with increasing terror , the narrow space of his life and great- ness ; and , as the last hope of safety , he interposed the authority of the emperor Arcadius . Stilicho , who ap- pears to have directed his ...
Side 29
... deserved the praise of beauty ) had not much to fear or to hope from the passions of her lover . Honorius was only in the fourteenth year of his age ; Serena , the mother of his bride , deferred , by art or persuasion , the consummation ...
... deserved the praise of beauty ) had not much to fear or to hope from the passions of her lover . Honorius was only in the fourteenth year of his age ; Serena , the mother of his bride , deferred , by art or persuasion , the consummation ...
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