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... less attentive and less anxious to relieve the burthens of his people . He might reform the abuses of the fiscal administration ; but he exacted , without scruple , a very large share of the private property ; as he was convinced that ...
... less attentive and less anxious to relieve the burthens of his people . He might reform the abuses of the fiscal administration ; but he exacted , without scruple , a very large share of the private property ; as he was convinced that ...
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... less valuable metal were con- temptuously broken and cast into the streets , Theophilus laboured to expose the frauds and vices of the ministers of the idols ; their dexterity in the management of the loadstone ; their secret methods of ...
... less valuable metal were con- temptuously broken and cast into the streets , Theophilus laboured to expose the frauds and vices of the ministers of the idols ; their dexterity in the management of the loadstone ; their secret methods of ...
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... less excusable , since he had passions , with- out virtues ; even his religion was questionable ; and , though he never deviated into the paths of heresy , he scandalized the pious Christians by his attachment to the profane arts of ...
... less excusable , since he had passions , with- out virtues ; even his religion was questionable ; and , though he never deviated into the paths of heresy , he scandalized the pious Christians by his attachment to the profane arts of ...
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CHAPTER XXV | 1 |
The cause of the Gothic | 7 |
The two Eastern expeditions of Stilicho and his Illyric policy | 12 |
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