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Side 4
... reasons and difficulties with his scru- pulous accuracy . In an oration delivered before him , ( Panegyr . Vet . 2. 8. ) Mamertinus ex- presses a doubt , whether his hero , in imitating the conduct of Hannibal and Scipio , had ever ...
... reasons and difficulties with his scru- pulous accuracy . In an oration delivered before him , ( Panegyr . Vet . 2. 8. ) Mamertinus ex- presses a doubt , whether his hero , in imitating the conduct of Hannibal and Scipio , had ever ...
Side 5
... reason over brutal violence . " From a motive , either of pride or superstition , the two emperors assumed the titles , the one of Jovius , the other of Herculius . Whilst the motion of the world ( such was the language of their venal ...
... reason over brutal violence . " From a motive , either of pride or superstition , the two emperors assumed the titles , the one of Jovius , the other of Herculius . Whilst the motion of the world ( such was the language of their venal ...
Side 6
... that of the four prefectures ; yet there is some reason to doubt whether Spain was not a province of Maximian . See Tillemont , tom . 4 . p . 517 . was prepared to assist his colleagues with his counsels or 6 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... that of the four prefectures ; yet there is some reason to doubt whether Spain was not a province of Maximian . See Tillemont , tom . 4 . p . 517 . was prepared to assist his colleagues with his counsels or 6 ROMAN EMPIRE .
Side 19
... reason and fortunes of his subjects from the mischievous pursuit . It may be re- and pro- marked that these ancient books , so liberally as- that art . cribed to Pythagoras , to Solomon , or to Hermes , were the pious frauds of more ...
... reason and fortunes of his subjects from the mischievous pursuit . It may be re- and pro- marked that these ancient books , so liberally as- that art . cribed to Pythagoras , to Solomon , or to Hermes , were the pious frauds of more ...
Side 25
... reason for his defeat . The same ground on which Galerius was vanquished , had been rendered memorable by the death of Crassus , and the slaughter of ten legions . It was a plain of more than sixty miles , which extended from the hills ...
... reason for his defeat . The same ground on which Galerius was vanquished , had been rendered memorable by the death of Crassus , and the slaughter of ten legions . It was a plain of more than sixty miles , which extended from the hills ...
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