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... affected to cast suspicions on the personal courage of the emperor Diocletian 3. It would not be easy to persuade us of the cowardice of a soldier of fortune, who acquired and preserved the esteem ofthe legions', as well as the favour ...
... affected to cast suspicions on the personal courage of the emperor Diocletian 3. It would not be easy to persuade us of the cowardice of a soldier of fortune, who acquired and preserved the esteem ofthe legions', as well as the favour ...
Side 115
... affected to confirm this favourable prepossession, by declaring, that, among all the virtues of his predecessors, he was the most ambitious of imitating the humane philosophy of Marcus Antoninus 5. - The first considerable action of his ...
... affected to confirm this favourable prepossession, by declaring, that, among all the virtues of his predecessors, he was the most ambitious of imitating the humane philosophy of Marcus Antoninus 5. - The first considerable action of his ...
Side 118
... affected expressions of their false eloquence. With regard to the titles, consult Aurcl. Victor, Lactantius dc M,P, e. 52. Spanheim de Usu Numismatum, &c. Dissertat. xii. 8. To Aurelius Viqor, Yictorin Epitome. Eutrop. ix. 22. Lactant ...
... affected expressions of their false eloquence. With regard to the titles, consult Aurcl. Victor, Lactantius dc M,P, e. 52. Spanheim de Usu Numismatum, &c. Dissertat. xii. 8. To Aurelius Viqor, Yictorin Epitome. Eutrop. ix. 22. Lactant ...
Side 131
... affected or possessed; reserved his presence for such occasions as were worthy of his interposition, never exposed his person or reputation to any unnecessary danger, ensured his success by every means that prudence could suggest, and ...
... affected or possessed; reserved his presence for such occasions as were worthy of his interposition, never exposed his person or reputation to any unnecessary danger, ensured his success by every means that prudence could suggest, and ...
Side 135
... affected the tranquillity ctand subsistence of Rome itself. Since the usurpation of Firmus, the province of Upper Egypt, incessantly relapsing into rebellion, had embraced the alliance of the 'savages of jEthiopia. The number of the ...
... affected the tranquillity ctand subsistence of Rome itself. Since the usurpation of Firmus, the province of Upper Egypt, incessantly relapsing into rebellion, had embraced the alliance of the 'savages of jEthiopia. The number of the ...
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