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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... rank of Roman provinces ; stigmatized a guiltless people with a mark of ignominy ; and declared that the countrymen of Tatian and Proculus should ever re- main incapable of holding any employment of honour or advantage , under the ...
... rank of Roman provinces ; stigmatized a guiltless people with a mark of ignominy ; and declared that the countrymen of Tatian and Proculus should ever re- main incapable of holding any employment of honour or advantage , under the ...
Side 7
... rank of empress of the east . Perhaps he deceived him- self by the opinion , that his avarice was the instrument 1 -fluctibus auri Expleri ille calor nequit Congestæ cumulantur opes ;. orbisque rapinas Accipit una domus.- This character ...
... rank of empress of the east . Perhaps he deceived him- self by the opinion , that his avarice was the instrument 1 -fluctibus auri Expleri ille calor nequit Congestæ cumulantur opes ;. orbisque rapinas Accipit una domus.- This character ...
Side 13
... rank tary com- of master - general of the cavalry and infantry of A. D. 385 the Roman , or at least of the western , empire ; * -408 . and his enemies confessed , that he invariably disdained to barter for gold the rewards of merit , or ...
... rank tary com- of master - general of the cavalry and infantry of A. D. 385 the Roman , or at least of the western , empire ; * -408 . and his enemies confessed , that he invariably disdained to barter for gold the rewards of merit , or ...
Side 14
... rank , to the ascendant of superior genius . He lamented , and revenged , the murder of Promotus , his rival and his friend ; and the massacre of many thousands of the flying Bastarna is represented by the poet , as a bloody sacrifice ...
... rank , to the ascendant of superior genius . He lamented , and revenged , the murder of Promotus , his rival and his friend ; and the massacre of many thousands of the flying Bastarna is represented by the poet , as a bloody sacrifice ...
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... ranks , and dis- guised with studied courtesy , his innate haughtiness , the wings insensibly wheeled from the right and left , and inclosed the devoted victim within the circle of their arms . Before he could reflect on the danger of ...
... ranks , and dis- guised with studied courtesy , his innate haughtiness , the wings insensibly wheeled from the right and left , and inclosed the devoted victim within the circle of their arms . Before he could reflect on the danger of ...
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