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... rank , or of enjoying the pleasures of his age . In his early youth he made some progress in the exercises of riding and drawing the bow : but he soon relinquished these fatiguing occupations , and the amusement of feeding poultry ...
... rank , or of enjoying the pleasures of his age . In his early youth he made some progress in the exercises of riding and drawing the bow : but he soon relinquished these fatiguing occupations , and the amusement of feeding poultry ...
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... rank of master - general of the eastern Illyricum . The Roman provincials , and the allies , who had respected the faith of treaties , were justly indignant , that the ruin of Greece and Epirus should be so liberally rewarded . The ...
... rank of master - general of the eastern Illyricum . The Roman provincials , and the allies , who had respected the faith of treaties , were justly indignant , that the ruin of Greece and Epirus should be so liberally rewarded . The ...
Side 43
... rank . The pride and luxury in which he was educated , had not allowed him to sus- pect , that there existed on the earth any power pre- sumptuous enough to invade the repose of the successor of Augustus . The arts of flattery concealed ...
... rank . The pride and luxury in which he was educated , had not allowed him to sus- pect , that there existed on the earth any power pre- sumptuous enough to invade the repose of the successor of Augustus . The arts of flattery concealed ...
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... rank of his equals : they were still less disposed to follow an unsuccessful general , and many of them were tempted to consult their interests by a private negotiation with the minister of Honorius . The king submitted to the voice of ...
... rank of his equals : they were still less disposed to follow an unsuccessful general , and many of them were tempted to consult their interests by a private negotiation with the minister of Honorius . The king submitted to the voice of ...
Side 54
... fountains and aqueducts ; and ranks the want of fresh water among the local evils , such as the croaking of frogs , the stinging of gnats , & c . exhalations of low and marshy grounds , was distin- guished 54 ROMAN EMPIRE .
... fountains and aqueducts ; and ranks the want of fresh water among the local evils , such as the croaking of frogs , the stinging of gnats , & c . exhalations of low and marshy grounds , was distin- guished 54 ROMAN EMPIRE .
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