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Side 35
... four elephants : and the defence of that open town is a fine comment on the laws of Lycurgus , even in the last stage of decay . • Such , perhaps , as Homer ( Iliad 20. 64. ) has so nobly painted him . claim of the historian Zosimus ...
... four elephants : and the defence of that open town is a fine comment on the laws of Lycurgus , even in the last stage of decay . • Such , perhaps , as Homer ( Iliad 20. 64. ) has so nobly painted him . claim of the historian Zosimus ...
Side 40
... four magazines and manu- factures of offensive and defensive arms , Margus , Ra- tiaria , Naisus , and Thessalonica , to provide his troops with an extraordinary supply of shields , helmets , swords , and spears : the unhappy ...
... four magazines and manu- factures of offensive and defensive arms , Margus , Ra- tiaria , Naisus , and Thessalonica , to provide his troops with an extraordinary supply of shields , helmets , swords , and spears : the unhappy ...
Side 54
... four or five crops , the town enjoyed a more plentiful supply of wine than of fresh water . The air , instead of receiving the sickly , and almost pestilential , Cons . Honor . 494 , & c . ) Sidonius Appollinaris , ( lib . 1. epist . 5 ...
... four or five crops , the town enjoyed a more plentiful supply of wine than of fresh water . The air , instead of receiving the sickly , and almost pestilential , Cons . Honor . 494 , & c . ) Sidonius Appollinaris , ( lib . 1. epist . 5 ...
Side 55
... four miles from the Ha- driatic ; and as early as the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era , the port of Augustus was converted into pleasant orchards ; and a lonely grove of pines covered the ground where the Roman fleet once ...
... four miles from the Ha- driatic ; and as early as the fifth or sixth century of the Christian era , the port of Augustus was converted into pleasant orchards ; and a lonely grove of pines covered the ground where the Roman fleet once ...
Side 58
... four years after the victorious Toulun had assumed the title of Khan of the Geougen , another barbarian , the haughty Rhodogast , or Radagaisus , * marched from the northern extremities of Germany almost to the gates of Rome , and left ...
... four years after the victorious Toulun had assumed the title of Khan of the Geougen , another barbarian , the haughty Rhodogast , or Radagaisus , * marched from the northern extremities of Germany almost to the gates of Rome , and left ...
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