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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Side 9
... captive by the strong , though invisible , chain Arcadius , A. D. 395 , of habit ; and that 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 ...
... captive by the strong , though invisible , chain Arcadius , A. D. 395 , of habit ; and that 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 ...
Side 35
... captives sub- mitted to the laws of war ; the enjoyment of beauty was the reward of valour ; and the Greeks could not ... captive youths of Corinth : and the tears of Mummius may prove that the rude conqueror , though he was ignorant of ...
... captives sub- mitted to the laws of war ; the enjoyment of beauty was the reward of valour ; and the Greeks could not ... captive youths of Corinth : and the tears of Mummius may prove that the rude conqueror , though he was ignorant of ...
Side 37
... captives , and his spoil , over an arm of the sea , which , in the narrow interval between Rhium and the opposite shore , is at least half a mile in breadth . The operations of Escapes to Alaric must have been secret , prudent , and ...
... captives , and his spoil , over an arm of the sea , which , in the narrow interval between Rhium and the opposite shore , is at least half a mile in breadth . The operations of Escapes to Alaric must have been secret , prudent , and ...
Side 39
... captive Helots . * The court of Arcadius indulged the zeal , applauded the eloquence , and neglected the advice of Synesius . Per- haps the philosopher , who addresses the emperor of the east in the language of reason and virtue , which ...
... captive Helots . * The court of Arcadius indulged the zeal , applauded the eloquence , and neglected the advice of Synesius . Per- haps the philosopher , who addresses the emperor of the east in the language of reason and virtue , which ...
Side 46
... captive was suddenly relieved by the fame , the approach , and at length the presence , of the hero , whom he had so long expected . At the head of a chosen and intrepid vanguard , Stilicho swam the stream of the Addua , to gain the ...
... captive was suddenly relieved by the fame , the approach , and at length the presence , of the hero , whom he had so long expected . At the head of a chosen and intrepid vanguard , Stilicho swam the stream of the Addua , to gain the ...
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