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... prince , instead of discovering the least symptom of impatience , humbly solicited their suffrages for himself or his friends , and scru- pulously practised all the duties of an ordinary candidate . ( 4 ) But we may venture to ascribe ...
... prince , instead of discovering the least symptom of impatience , humbly solicited their suffrages for himself or his friends , and scru- pulously practised all the duties of an ordinary candidate . ( 4 ) But we may venture to ascribe ...
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... prince will always be governed by his domestics . The power of slaves aggravated the shame of the Romans ; and the senate paid court to a Pallas or a Narcissus . There is a chance that a modern favourite may be a gentleman . ( 3 ) See a ...
... prince will always be governed by his domestics . The power of slaves aggravated the shame of the Romans ; and the senate paid court to a Pallas or a Narcissus . There is a chance that a modern favourite may be a gentleman . ( 3 ) See a ...
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... prince on whom it was bestowed ; and however the latter was diffused by adoption and female alli- ance , Nero was the last prince who could allege any hereditary claim to the honours of the Julian line . But , at the time of his death ...
... prince on whom it was bestowed ; and however the latter was diffused by adoption and female alli- ance , Nero was the last prince who could allege any hereditary claim to the honours of the Julian line . But , at the time of his death ...
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... prince was invested with an authority equal to his own , over the provinces and the armies . ( 4 ) Thus Vespasian subdued the generous mind of his eldest son . Titus was adored by the eastern legions , which , under his command , had ...
... prince was invested with an authority equal to his own , over the provinces and the armies . ( 4 ) Thus Vespasian subdued the generous mind of his eldest son . Titus was adored by the eastern legions , which , under his command , had ...
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... prince consulted his true interest by the association of a son , whose more splen- did and amiable character might turn the public attention , from the obscure origin , to the future glories of the Flavian house . Under the mild ...
... prince consulted his true interest by the association of a son , whose more splen- did and amiable character might turn the public attention , from the obscure origin , to the future glories of the Flavian house . Under the mild ...
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