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Side 74
... continued to hold a doubtful , and perhaps a treacherous correspondence with the rival courts ; who protracted , like a dissatisfied mercenary , his languid operations in Thessaly and Epirus , and who soon returned to claim the ...
... continued to hold a doubtful , and perhaps a treacherous correspondence with the rival courts ; who protracted , like a dissatisfied mercenary , his languid operations in Thessaly and Epirus , and who soon returned to claim the ...
Side 77
... continued to brave the clamours of the people , and even of the soldiers , if he could have maintained his dominion over the feeble mind of his pupil . But the respectful at- tachment of Honorius was converted into fear , suspi- cion ...
... continued to brave the clamours of the people , and even of the soldiers , if he could have maintained his dominion over the feeble mind of his pupil . But the respectful at- tachment of Honorius was converted into fear , suspi- cion ...
Side 78
... continued to rage till the close of dertake the journey to Constantinople , that he might divert Honorius from the vain attempt . The eastern empire would not have obeyed , and could not have been conquered . the evening ; and the ...
... continued to rage till the close of dertake the journey to Constantinople , that he might divert Honorius from the vain attempt . The eastern empire would not have obeyed , and could not have been conquered . the evening ; and the ...
Side 99
... continued from the reign of Nero to that of Hono- rius ; and the Appian way was covered with the splendid equipages of the nobles , who came out to meet St. Melania , when she returned to Rome , six years before the Gothic siege ...
... continued from the reign of Nero to that of Hono- rius ; and the Appian way was covered with the splendid equipages of the nobles , who came out to meet St. Melania , when she returned to Rome , six years before the Gothic siege ...
Side 114
... continued to rise in a rapid and ex- travagant proportion . The poorer citizens , who were unable to purchase the necessaries of life , solicited the precarious charity of the rich ; and for a while the public misery was alleviated by ...
... continued to rise in a rapid and ex- travagant proportion . The poorer citizens , who were unable to purchase the necessaries of life , solicited the precarious charity of the rich ; and for a while the public misery was alleviated by ...
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