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... dangerous work . The skill of the Roman artists might be corrupted to the destruction of their country . The walls of Aquileia were assaulted by a formidable train of battering - rams , moveable turrets , and engines , that threw stones ...
... dangerous work . The skill of the Roman artists might be corrupted to the destruction of their country . The walls of Aquileia were assaulted by a formidable train of battering - rams , moveable turrets , and engines , that threw stones ...
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... dangers , escaped from the sound of war ; and his hasty retreat from Ravenna to Rome , from an impregnable fort- ress to an open capital ... danger should approach A.D. 452. ] 31 DIFFICULTIES OF ETIUS . Attila gives Peace to the Romans.
... dangers , escaped from the sound of war ; and his hasty retreat from Ravenna to Rome , from an impregnable fort- ress to an open capital ... danger should approach A.D. 452. ] 31 DIFFICULTIES OF ETIUS . Attila gives Peace to the Romans.
Side 32
Edward Gibbon. abandoning Italy , as soon as the danger should approach his imperial person . This shameful abdication was sus- pended , however , by the spirit of doubt and delay , which commonly adheres to pusillanimous counsels , and ...
Edward Gibbon. abandoning Italy , as soon as the danger should approach his imperial person . This shameful abdication was sus- pended , however , by the spirit of doubt and delay , which commonly adheres to pusillanimous counsels , and ...
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... danger , was assaulted by imaginary terrors ; nor could he escape the influence of superstition , which had so often been subservient to his designs . The Anne lacus tantos , te Lari maxime , teque Fluctibus et fremitu assurgens Benace ...
... danger , was assaulted by imaginary terrors ; nor could he escape the influence of superstition , which had so often been subservient to his designs . The Anne lacus tantos , te Lari maxime , teque Fluctibus et fremitu assurgens Benace ...
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... danger . - ED . ] * The picture of Raphael is in the Vati- can ; the basso ( or perhaps the alto ) relievo of Algardi , on one of the altars of St. Peter . ( See Dubos , Reflexions sur la Poésie et sur la Peinture , tom . i , p . 519 ...
... danger . - ED . ] * The picture of Raphael is in the Vati- can ; the basso ( or perhaps the alto ) relievo of Algardi , on one of the altars of St. Peter . ( See Dubos , Reflexions sur la Poésie et sur la Peinture , tom . i , p . 519 ...
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