The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, Volum 4Strahan and Cadell, 1788 - 443 sider |
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... perfon of the philofophic warrior ; and his modeft dispatches were ftigmatized as the vain and elaborate fictions of a loquacious Greek , a fpeculative foldier , who had studied the art of war amidst the groves of the academy . The ...
... perfon of the philofophic warrior ; and his modeft dispatches were ftigmatized as the vain and elaborate fictions of a loquacious Greek , a fpeculative foldier , who had studied the art of war amidst the groves of the academy . The ...
Side 4
... perfon and dig- nity ; and to employ in a diftant war against the Perfian monarch , the hardy veterans who had vanquished , on the banks of the Rhine , the fiercest nations of Germany . While Julian used the laborious hours of his ...
... perfon and dig- nity ; and to employ in a diftant war against the Perfian monarch , the hardy veterans who had vanquished , on the banks of the Rhine , the fiercest nations of Germany . While Julian used the laborious hours of his ...
Side 11
... perfon and dignity from the accidents of a nocturnal tumult . At the dawn of day , the foldiers , whofe zeal was irritated by oppofition , forcibly entered the pa- lace , feized , with refpectful violence , the object of their choice ...
... perfon and dignity from the accidents of a nocturnal tumult . At the dawn of day , the foldiers , whofe zeal was irritated by oppofition , forcibly entered the pa- lace , feized , with refpectful violence , the object of their choice ...
Side 17
... perfon and government of Conftantius " 7 . 17 As foon as the feafon of the year permitted Julian to take the field , he ap- peared at the head of his legions ; threw a bridge over the Rhine in the neighbourhood of Cleves ; and prepared ...
... perfon and government of Conftantius " 7 . 17 As foon as the feafon of the year permitted Julian to take the field , he ap- peared at the head of his legions ; threw a bridge over the Rhine in the neighbourhood of Cleves ; and prepared ...
Side 28
... perfon in the midst of his enemies . " Referve " for your mafter Conftantius thefe timid remon- " ftrances , " replied Julian , with a smile of con- / tempt ; " when I gave you my purple to kifs , " I received you not as a counsellor ...
... perfon in the midst of his enemies . " Referve " for your mafter Conftantius thefe timid remon- " ftrances , " replied Julian , with a smile of con- / tempt ; " when I gave you my purple to kifs , " I received you not as a counsellor ...
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