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... favour of the great chamberlain of the palace : the perfidious Goth , who was appointed master - general of the east , betrayed , without scruple , the interest of his benefactor ; and the same troops , who had so lately massacred the ...
... favour of the great chamberlain of the palace : the perfidious Goth , who was appointed master - general of the east , betrayed , without scruple , the interest of his benefactor ; and the same troops , who had so lately massacred the ...
Side 77
... favour he was promoted to the honourable offices of the impe- rial palace . Olympius revealed to the unsuspecting emperor , who had attained the twenty - fifth year of his age , that he was without weight , or authority , in his own ...
... favour he was promoted to the honourable offices of the impe- rial palace . Olympius revealed to the unsuspecting emperor , who had attained the twenty - fifth year of his age , that he was without weight , or authority , in his own ...
Side 82
... favour of Stilicho , and was overwhelmed in the ruin of his patron . The titular offices of tribune and notary fixed his rank in the imperial court : he was indebted to the powerful inter- cession of Serena for his marriage with a very ...
... favour of Stilicho , and was overwhelmed in the ruin of his patron . The titular offices of tribune and notary fixed his rank in the imperial court : he was indebted to the powerful inter- cession of Serena for his marriage with a very ...
Side 110
... favour which they enjoyed , that , in a time of scarcity , when all P Juvenal . Satir . 11. 191 , & c . The expressions of the historian Ammianus , are not less strong and animated than those of the satyrists ; and both the one and the ...
... favour which they enjoyed , that , in a time of scarcity , when all P Juvenal . Satir . 11. 191 , & c . The expressions of the historian Ammianus , are not less strong and animated than those of the satyrists ; and both the one and the ...
Side 122
... favour of the eunuchs procured them a mild and secure exile at Milan and Con- stantinople . Eusebius the eunuch , and the barbarian Allobich , succeeded to the command of the bedchamber and of the guards ; and the mutual jealousy of ...
... favour of the eunuchs procured them a mild and secure exile at Milan and Con- stantinople . Eusebius the eunuch , and the barbarian Allobich , succeeded to the command of the bedchamber and of the guards ; and the mutual jealousy of ...
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