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
... military frankness ; steadiness to pursue his ends ; flexibility to vary his means ; and , above all , the great art of submitting his own passions , as well us those of others , to the interest of his ambition , and of colouring his ...
... military frankness ; steadiness to pursue his ends ; flexibility to vary his means ; and , above all , the great art of submitting his own passions , as well us those of others , to the interest of his ambition , and of colouring his ...
Side 4
... military talents were formed to obey rather than to command ; though , perhaps , he never attained the skill of a consumate general , he was capable , by his valour , constancy , and experience , of executing the most arduous ...
... military talents were formed to obey rather than to command ; though , perhaps , he never attained the skill of a consumate general , he was capable , by his valour , constancy , and experience , of executing the most arduous ...
Side 11
... 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 the coasts of the ocean ...
... 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 the coasts of the ocean ...
Side 16
... military service . Nor did the emperors refuse the pro- perty of lands , with a less servile tenure , to such of the barbarians as solicited the protection of Rome . They granted a settlement to several colonies of the Carpi , the ...
... military service . Nor did the emperors refuse the pro- perty of lands , with a less servile tenure , to such of the barbarians as solicited the protection of Rome . They granted a settlement to several colonies of the Carpi , the ...
Side 22
... military dignities was conferred on the satrap Otas , a man of singular temperance and fortitude , who presented to the king , his sister ' and a con- siderable treasure , both of which , in a sequestered for- Story of tress , Otas had ...
... military dignities was conferred on the satrap Otas , a man of singular temperance and fortitude , who presented to the king , his sister ' and a con- siderable treasure , both of which , in a sequestered for- Story of tress , Otas had ...
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