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... noble birth , or their valiant deeds , glittered in the van ; and the whole mul- titude , which was not less than two ... nobles , with their faithful companions ; the knights , with their squires , as they would have been styled some ...
... noble birth , or their valiant deeds , glittered in the van ; and the whole mul- titude , which was not less than two ... nobles , with their faithful companions ; the knights , with their squires , as they would have been styled some ...
Side 94
... nobles and senators of Rome aspired , in due gradation , to imitate that illustrious family . The accurate ... noble youths . 2 Secundinus , the Manichæan , ap . Baron . Annal . Eccles . A. D. 390. no . 34 . a See Nardini , Roma Antica ...
... nobles and senators of Rome aspired , in due gradation , to imitate that illustrious family . The accurate ... noble youths . 2 Secundinus , the Manichæan , ap . Baron . Annal . Eccles . A. D. 390. no . 34 . a See Nardini , Roma Antica ...
Side 95
... nobles , who celebrated the year of their prætor- ship by a festival , which lasted seven days , and cost above one hundred thousand pounds sterling . The estates of the Roman senators , which so far exceeded the proportion of modern ...
... nobles , who celebrated the year of their prætor- ship by a festival , which lasted seven days , and cost above one hundred thousand pounds sterling . The estates of the Roman senators , which so far exceeded the proportion of modern ...
Side 96
... nobles , who dissipated their fortunes in profuse luxury , found themselves poor in the midst of wealth ; and idle in a constant round of dissipation . Their de- sires were continually gratified by the labour of a thou- sand hands ; of ...
... nobles , who dissipated their fortunes in profuse luxury , found themselves poor in the midst of wealth ; and idle in a constant round of dissipation . Their de- sires were continually gratified by the labour of a thou- sand hands ; of ...
Side 98
... nobles ; who , unmindful of their own dignity , and of that of their country , assume an un- bounded licence of vice and folly . They contend with each other in the empty vanity of titles and surnames ; and curiously select , or invent ...
... nobles ; who , unmindful of their own dignity , and of that of their country , assume an un- bounded licence of vice and folly . They contend with each other in the empty vanity of titles and surnames ; and curiously select , or invent ...
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