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 39
... insensibly became more feeble , and the name less odious ; till at length the style of our lord and emperor was not only bestowed by flat- tery , but was regularly admitted into the laws and public monuments . Such lofty epithets were ...
... insensibly became more feeble , and the name less odious ; till at length the style of our lord and emperor was not only bestowed by flat- tery , but was regularly admitted into the laws and public monuments . Such lofty epithets were ...
Side 41
... insensibly be productive of sentiments of veneration . Like the modesty affected by Augustus , the state maintained by Diocletian was a theatrical representation ; but it must be confessed , that , of the two comedies , the former was ...
... insensibly be productive of sentiments of veneration . Like the modesty affected by Augustus , the state maintained by Diocletian was a theatrical representation ; but it must be confessed , that , of the two comedies , the former was ...
Side 61
... insensibly subsided ; and when acknow- he recollected the doubtful chance of war , when ledged by Galerius , he had weighed the character and strength of him only his adversary , he consented to embrace the ho- the title of nourable ...
... insensibly subsided ; and when acknow- he recollected the doubtful chance of war , when ledged by Galerius , he had weighed the character and strength of him only his adversary , he consented to embrace the ho- the title of nourable ...
Side 63
... insensibly circulated , that the sums expended in erecting those buildings , would soon be required at their hands . About that time the avarice of Galerius , or perhaps the exigences of the state , had induced him to make a very strict ...
... insensibly circulated , that the sums expended in erecting those buildings , would soon be required at their hands . About that time the avarice of Galerius , or perhaps the exigences of the state , had induced him to make a very strict ...
Side 77
... insensibly increased , the pretences of levying it , a victory , a birth , a marriage , or an imperial consulship , were proportionably multiplied . Maxentius had im- bibed the same implacable aversion to the senate , which had ...
... insensibly increased , the pretences of levying it , a victory , a birth , a marriage , or an imperial consulship , were proportionably multiplied . Maxentius had im- bibed the same implacable aversion to the senate , which had ...
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