The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 4
... appearance and manner still betrayed in the most elevated fortune the meanness of his extraction . War was the only art which he professed . In a long course of service he had dis- tinguished himself on every frontier of the empire ...
... appearance and manner still betrayed in the most elevated fortune the meanness of his extraction . War was the only art which he professed . In a long course of service he had dis- tinguished himself on every frontier of the empire ...
Side 21
... appeared on the frontiers of Armenia , he was received with an unfeigned to the transport of joy and loyalty . During twenty - six Armenia . years , the country had experienced the real and imaginary hardships of a foreign yoke . The ...
... appeared on the frontiers of Armenia , he was received with an unfeigned to the transport of joy and loyalty . During twenty - six Armenia . years , the country had experienced the real and imaginary hardships of a foreign yoke . The ...
Side 22
... appeared an ally , whose fortunes are too remarkable to pass unnoticed . His name was Mamgo , his origin was Scythian , and the horde which acknowledged his authority had encamped , a very few years before , on the skirts of the Chinese ...
... appeared an ally , whose fortunes are too remarkable to pass unnoticed . His name was Mamgo , his origin was Scythian , and the horde which acknowledged his authority had encamped , a very few years before , on the skirts of the Chinese ...
Side 23
... appeared to favour the sians re- enterprising valour of Tiridates . He not only expelled the enemies of his family and country from the whole extent of Armenia , but in the prosecu- tion of his revenge he carried his arms , or at least ...
... appeared to favour the sians re- enterprising valour of Tiridates . He not only expelled the enemies of his family and country from the whole extent of Armenia , but in the prosecu- tion of his revenge he carried his arms , or at least ...
Side 25
... appeared impossible for him to escape the victorious enemy . In this extremity Tiridates em- braced the only refuge which he saw before him : he dismounted and plunged into the stream . His armour was heavy , the river very deep , and ...
... appeared impossible for him to escape the victorious enemy . In this extremity Tiridates em- braced the only refuge which he saw before him : he dismounted and plunged into the stream . His armour was heavy , the river very deep , and ...
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