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... tion , that the general , who so long commanded the armies of Rome , was descended from the savage perfidious race of the Vandals . If Stilicho had not pos- sessed the external advantages of strength and stature , the most flattering ...
... tion , that the general , who so long commanded the armies of Rome , was descended from the savage perfidious race of the Vandals . If Stilicho had not pos- sessed the external advantages of strength and stature , the most flattering ...
Side 20
... the poet's in- vectives . Baronius ( Annal . Eccles . A. D. 398. no . 35-56 . ) has treated the Afri- can rebellion with skill and learning . tion soon usurped the administration of justice , and of 20 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... the poet's in- vectives . Baronius ( Annal . Eccles . A. D. 398. no . 35-56 . ) has treated the Afri- can rebellion with skill and learning . tion soon usurped the administration of justice , and of 20 ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 21
Complete in Eight Volumes Edward Gibbon. tion soon usurped the administration of justice , and of the finances , without account , and without control ; and he maintained , during a reign of twelve years , the possession of an office ...
Complete in Eight Volumes Edward Gibbon. tion soon usurped the administration of justice , and of the finances , without account , and without control ; and he maintained , during a reign of twelve years , the possession of an office ...
Side 27
... tion . It is here that he introduces the famous sentence , so familiar to the friends of despotism : -Nunquam libertas gratior exstat Quam sub rege pio- But the freedom , which depends on royal piety , scarcely deserves that appellation ...
... tion . It is here that he introduces the famous sentence , so familiar to the friends of despotism : -Nunquam libertas gratior exstat Quam sub rege pio- But the freedom , which depends on royal piety , scarcely deserves that appellation ...
Side 31
... tion , of the subsidy , which the Goths had received from the prudent liberality of Theodosius , was the spe- cious pretence of their revolt : the affront was imbit- tered by their contempt of the unwarlike sons of Theo- dosius ; and ...
... tion , of the subsidy , which the Goths had received from the prudent liberality of Theodosius , was the spe- cious pretence of their revolt : the affront was imbit- tered by their contempt of the unwarlike sons of Theo- dosius ; and ...
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