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 2
... danger and fame , dis- dains artifice , and boldly challenges the allegiance of his equals . His abilities were useful rather than splendid ; a vigorous mind , improved by the experience and study of mankind ; dexterity and application ...
... danger and fame , dis- dains artifice , and boldly challenges the allegiance of his equals . His abilities were useful rather than splendid ; a vigorous mind , improved by the experience and study of mankind ; dexterity and application ...
Side 4
... danger , provided for the defence both of the east and of the west . Maximian was born a peasant , and , like Aurelian , in the territory of Sirmium . Ignorant of letters , " careless of laws , the rusticity of his appearance and manner ...
... danger , provided for the defence both of the east and of the west . Maximian was born a peasant , and , like Aurelian , in the territory of Sirmium . Ignorant of letters , " careless of laws , the rusticity of his appearance and manner ...
Side 11
... dangerous knowledge of military and naval arts . Carausius still preserved the possession of Boulogne and the adjacent country . His fleets rode triumphant in the channel , commanded the mouths of the Seine and of the Rhine , ravaged ...
... dangerous knowledge of military and naval arts . Carausius still preserved the possession of Boulogne and the adjacent country . His fleets rode triumphant in the channel , commanded the mouths of the Seine and of the Rhine , ravaged ...
Side 12
... danger . But he pos- sessed not equal abilities , either to exercise the one , or to repel the other . He beheld , with anxious terror , the opposite shores of the continent , already filled with arms , with troops , and with vessels ...
... danger . But he pos- sessed not equal abilities , either to exercise the one , or to repel the other . He beheld , with anxious terror , the opposite shores of the continent , already filled with arms , with troops , and with vessels ...
Side 15
... danger and merit . As he traversed the open country with a feeble guard , he was encompassed on a sudden by the superior multitude of the enemy . He re- treated with difficulty towards Langres ; but in the ge- neral consternation , the ...
... danger and merit . As he traversed the open country with a feeble guard , he was encompassed on a sudden by the superior multitude of the enemy . He re- treated with difficulty towards Langres ; but in the ge- neral consternation , the ...
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