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 4
... disgrace and exile of Promotus were signified by a peremptory order , to repair , without delay , to a military station on the banks of the Danube ; and the death of that general ( though he was slain in a skirmish with the barbarians ) ...
... disgrace and exile of Promotus were signified by a peremptory order , to repair , without delay , to a military station on the banks of the Danube ; and the death of that general ( though he was slain in a skirmish with the barbarians ) ...
Side 8
... disgraced his benefactor , by the contrast of a virtuous and temperate administration ; and presumed to refuse an act of injustice , which might have tended to the profit of the emperor's uncle . Arcadius was easily persuaded to resent ...
... disgraced his benefactor , by the contrast of a virtuous and temperate administration ; and presumed to refuse an act of injustice , which might have tended to the profit of the emperor's uncle . Arcadius was easily persuaded to resent ...
Side 10
... disgrace of his daughter , whose interest was inseparably connected with his own , wounded the tenderness , or , at least , the pride , of Ru- • Arsenius escaped from the palace of Constantinople , and passed fifty - five years in rigid ...
... disgrace of his daughter , whose interest was inseparably connected with his own , wounded the tenderness , or , at least , the pride , of Ru- • Arsenius escaped from the palace of Constantinople , and passed fifty - five years in rigid ...
Side 20
... disgraceful , but memorable , reign of Honorius . Revolt of Africa . The prudent Stilicho , instead of persisting to Gildo in force the inclinations of a prince and people who A. D. 386 rejected his government , wisely abandoned Ar ...
... disgraceful , but memorable , reign of Honorius . Revolt of Africa . The prudent Stilicho , instead of persisting to Gildo in force the inclinations of a prince and people who A. D. 386 rejected his government , wisely abandoned Ar ...
Side 26
... disgrace , that his numerous cavalry would trample under their horses ' feet the troops of Mascezel , and involve , in a cloud of burning sand , the natives of the cold regions of Gaul and Germany . But the Moor , who command- ed the ...
... disgrace , that his numerous cavalry would trample under their horses ' feet the troops of Mascezel , and involve , in a cloud of burning sand , the natives of the cold regions of Gaul and Germany . But the Moor , who command- ed the ...
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