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... merit of all public services . Promotus , the master - general of the infantry , had saved the empire from the invasion of the Ostrogoths ; but he indignantly supported the pre- eminence of a rival , whose character and profession he a ...
... merit of all public services . Promotus , the master - general of the infantry , had saved the empire from the invasion of the Ostrogoths ; but he indignantly supported the pre- eminence of a rival , whose character and profession he a ...
Side 9
... merit , and much more April 27. easily the favour , of the absent , are obliterated in a short time from the mind of a weak and capricious sovereign . While the prefect satiated his revenge at Antioch , a secret conspiracy of the ...
... merit , and much more April 27. easily the favour , of the absent , are obliterated in a short time from the mind of a weak and capricious sovereign . While the prefect satiated his revenge at Antioch , a secret conspiracy of the ...
Side 10
... merit . He considered , with a mixture of indignation and fear , the victory of an aspiring eunuch , who had secretly captivated the favour of his sovereign ; and the disgrace of his daughter , whose interest was inseparably connected ...
... merit . He considered , with a mixture of indignation and fear , the victory of an aspiring eunuch , who had secretly captivated the favour of his sovereign ; and the disgrace of his daughter , whose interest was inseparably connected ...
Side 13
... merit was rewarded by an intimate and honourable alliance with the imperial family . Theodo- sius had been prompted , by a pious motive of fraternal affection , to adopt , for his own , the daughter of his brother Honorius ; the beauty ...
... merit was rewarded by an intimate and honourable alliance with the imperial family . Theodo- sius had been prompted , by a pious motive of fraternal affection , to adopt , for his own , the daughter of his brother Honorius ; the beauty ...
Side 23
... Milan , dwells on the injuries , rather than the merits , of Mascezel , ( de Bell . Gild . 389-414 . ) The Moorish war was not worthy of Honorius or Stilicho , & c . where he soon received the cruel intelligence , that his CHAP . XXIX . 23.
... Milan , dwells on the injuries , rather than the merits , of Mascezel , ( de Bell . Gild . 389-414 . ) The Moorish war was not worthy of Honorius or Stilicho , & c . where he soon received the cruel intelligence , that his CHAP . XXIX . 23.
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