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... interest , none from principle . The legions , uninflamed by party zeal , were allured into civil war by liberal donatives , and still more liberal promises . A defeat , by disabling the chief from the performance of his en- gagements ...
... interest , none from principle . The legions , uninflamed by party zeal , were allured into civil war by liberal donatives , and still more liberal promises . A defeat , by disabling the chief from the performance of his en- gagements ...
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... interest by entering into secret connexions with the governors of the frontier provinces . Every quarrel among the Germans was fomented by the intrigues of Rome ; and every plan of union and public good was defeated by the stronger bias ...
... interest by entering into secret connexions with the governors of the frontier provinces . Every quarrel among the Germans was fomented by the intrigues of Rome ; and every plan of union and public good was defeated by the stronger bias ...
Side 317
... interest attached these more settled barbarians to the alliance of Rome , and a permanent interest very frequently ripens into sincere and useful friendship . This various colony , which filled the ancient province and was insensibly ...
... interest attached these more settled barbarians to the alliance of Rome , and a permanent interest very frequently ripens into sincere and useful friendship . This various colony , which filled the ancient province and was insensibly ...
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A D | xxxvii |
Prefatory Note | xxxix |
Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Quarto Edition | xlv |
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