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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... exercise of his various funetions , so essentially connected with the whole system of civil government , he acquired the confidence of a monarch , who soon dis- covered his diligence and capacity in business , and who long remained ...
... exercise of his various funetions , so essentially connected with the whole system of civil government , he acquired the confidence of a monarch , who soon dis- covered his diligence and capacity in business , and who long remained ...
Side 18
... exercises of Christian devotion , in the peace- ful retirement of Jerusalem . * Discord of the two empires . & c . The servile poet of Stilicho applauds , with ferocious joy , this horrid deed , which , in the A. D. 396 , execution ...
... exercises of Christian devotion , in the peace- ful retirement of Jerusalem . * Discord of the two empires . & c . The servile poet of Stilicho applauds , with ferocious joy , this horrid deed , which , in the A. D. 396 , execution ...
Side 25
... exercise on their own bodies the tortures which are inflicted on fugitive slaves by the hand of justice . Such was the contempt of a profane magistrate for the monks of Capraria , who were re- vered by the pious Mascezel , as the chosen ...
... exercise on their own bodies the tortures which are inflicted on fugitive slaves by the hand of justice . Such was the contempt of a profane magistrate for the monks of Capraria , who were re- vered by the pious Mascezel , as the chosen ...
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... exercises of riding and drawing the bow : but he soon relinquished these fatiguing occupations , and the amusement of feeding poultry became the serious and daily care of the monarch of the west , ' who resigned the reins of em- pire to ...
... exercises of riding and drawing the bow : but he soon relinquished these fatiguing occupations , and the amusement of feeding poultry became the serious and daily care of the monarch of the west , ' who resigned the reins of em- pire to ...
Side 31
... exercise . Jerome , tom . 1. p . 26. He endeavours to comfort his friend Heliodorus , bishop of Altinum , for the loss of his nephew Nepotian , by a curious recapitulation of all the public and private misfortunes of the times . See ...
... exercise . Jerome , tom . 1. p . 26. He endeavours to comfort his friend Heliodorus , bishop of Altinum , for the loss of his nephew Nepotian , by a curious recapitulation of all the public and private misfortunes of the times . See ...
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