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 3
... virtues of his predecessors , he was the most ambitious of imitating the humane philosophy of Marcus Antoninus . The first considerable action of his reign seemed to d In this encomium , Aurelius Victor seems to convey a just , though ...
... virtues of his predecessors , he was the most ambitious of imitating the humane philosophy of Marcus Antoninus . The first considerable action of his reign seemed to d In this encomium , Aurelius Victor seems to convey a just , though ...
Side 6
... virtue and ability , he appears to have possessed a manifest superiority over the elder . The birth of Constantius was less obscure than that of his colleagues . Eutropius , his father , was one of the most considerable nobles of Dar ...
... virtue and ability , he appears to have possessed a manifest superiority over the elder . The birth of Constantius was less obscure than that of his colleagues . Eutropius , his father , was one of the most considerable nobles of Dar ...
Side 13
... virtues of the conqueror may induce us to believe , that they sincerely rejoiced in a revolution , which , after a separation of ten years , restored Britain to the body of the Roman empire . " Britain had none but domestic enemies to ...
... virtues of the conqueror may induce us to believe , that they sincerely rejoiced in a revolution , which , after a separation of ten years , restored Britain to the body of the Roman empire . " Britain had none but domestic enemies to ...
Side 29
... virtues of moderation . Let them re- member their own moderation towards the unhappy Vale- rian . They vanquished him by fraud , they treated him with indignity . They detained him till the last moment of his life in shameful captivity ...
... virtues of moderation . Let them re- member their own moderation towards the unhappy Vale- rian . They vanquished him by fraud , they treated him with indignity . They detained him till the last moment of his life in shameful captivity ...
Side 44
... virtues were much less the effect of nature than of art . The abdication of Charles appears to have been hastened by the vicissitudes of fortune ; and the disappointment of his favourite schemes urged him to relinquish a power which he ...
... virtues were much less the effect of nature than of art . The abdication of Charles appears to have been hastened by the vicissitudes of fortune ; and the disappointment of his favourite schemes urged him to relinquish a power which he ...
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