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Side 2
... ministers who abused , the authority of the throne . Character Theodosius had tarnished the glory of his nistration reign by the elevation of Rufinus ; an odious and admi- -395 . of Rufinus , favourite , who , in 2 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... ministers who abused , the authority of the throne . Character Theodosius had tarnished the glory of his nistration reign by the elevation of Rufinus ; an odious and admi- -395 . of Rufinus , favourite , who , in 2 ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 3
... minister , who viewed with proud indifference the rest of mankind , never forgave the appearance of an injury ; and his per- sonal enemies had forfeited , in his opinion , the merit of all public services . Promotus , the master ...
... minister , who viewed with proud indifference the rest of mankind , never forgave the appearance of an injury ; and his per- sonal enemies had forfeited , in his opinion , the merit of all public services . Promotus , the master ...
Side 4
... ministers can be found innocent , where an enemy is their judge , had secretly escaped ; and Rufinus must have been satisfied with the least obnoxious victim , if despotism had not condescended to employ the basest and most ungenerous ...
... ministers can be found innocent , where an enemy is their judge , had secretly escaped ; and Rufinus must have been satisfied with the least obnoxious victim , if despotism had not condescended to employ the basest and most ungenerous ...
Side 6
... minister the task of hypocrisy , which disguised , 395. and sometimes restrained , the abuse of power ; and Rufinus ... ministers . This , I am afraid , is a just , though mortifying , canon of criticism . public opinion , he indulged ...
... minister the task of hypocrisy , which disguised , 395. and sometimes restrained , the abuse of power ; and Rufinus ... ministers . This , I am afraid , is a just , though mortifying , canon of criticism . public opinion , he indulged ...
Side 9
... ministers of the tyrant , by the order , and in the presence , of their master , beat him on the neck with leather ... minister should constantly secure his royal by the mar- riage of captive by the strong , though invisible , chain ...
... ministers of the tyrant , by the order , and in the presence , of their master , beat him on the neck with leather ... minister should constantly secure his royal by the mar- riage of captive by the strong , though invisible , chain ...
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