The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1G. Virtue, 1899 |
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... lived , Africa was happy under the administra- tion of his worthy representative ; after the barbarous Maximin had usurped the throne , Gordianus allevi- ated the miseries which he was unable to prevent . When he reluctantly accepted ...
... lived , Africa was happy under the administra- tion of his worthy representative ; after the barbarous Maximin had usurped the throne , Gordianus allevi- ated the miseries which he was unable to prevent . When he reluctantly accepted ...
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... lived in a less enlightened age , tradition and poetry might well have described him as one of those monstrous giants , whose supernatural power was constantly exerted for the destruction of mankind . world . their daggers , they laid ...
... lived in a less enlightened age , tradition and poetry might well have described him as one of those monstrous giants , whose supernatural power was constantly exerted for the destruction of mankind . world . their daggers , they laid ...
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... lived almost in the age of Darius , agree placing the era of Zoroaster many hundred , or even thousand , rears , before their own time . The judicious criticism of Mr. Moyle jerrived , and maintained against his uncle Dr. Prideaux , the ...
... lived almost in the age of Darius , agree placing the era of Zoroaster many hundred , or even thousand , rears , before their own time . The judicious criticism of Mr. Moyle jerrived , and maintained against his uncle Dr. Prideaux , the ...
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