The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 47
... savage form concealed a magnanimous soul , approved his suspected loyalty , by the zeal with which he fought , and fell , in the service of the republic ; and the fame of this gallant barbarian has been imperfectly preserved in the ...
... savage form concealed a magnanimous soul , approved his suspected loyalty , by the zeal with which he fought , and fell , in the service of the republic ; and the fame of this gallant barbarian has been imperfectly preserved in the ...
Side 52
... savage cannibals . Several hundred , perhaps several thousand , victims were annually slaughtered in the great cities of the empire ; and the month of December , more particularly devoted to the combats of gladiators , still exhibited ...
... savage cannibals . Several hundred , perhaps several thousand , victims were annually slaughtered in the great cities of the empire ; and the month of December , more particularly devoted to the combats of gladiators , still exhibited ...
Side 66
... savage and the civilized nations of the earth were , from that fatal moment , levelled with the ground . * Desolation of Gaul . A.D. 407 , While the peace of Germany was secured by the attachment of the Franks , and the neu- & c ...
... savage and the civilized nations of the earth were , from that fatal moment , levelled with the ground . * Desolation of Gaul . A.D. 407 , While the peace of Germany was secured by the attachment of the Franks , and the neu- & c ...
Side 106
... savage obstinacy of the Egyptians and Jews , the servile tem- per of the Asiatics , and the dissolute , effeminate prosti- tution of the Syrians , were mingled in the various mul- titude : which , under the proud and false denomination ...
... savage obstinacy of the Egyptians and Jews , the servile tem- per of the Asiatics , and the dissolute , effeminate prosti- tution of the Syrians , were mingled in the various mul- titude : which , under the proud and false denomination ...
Side 132
... savage licence , when every passion was inflamed , and every restraint was removed , the precepts of the gospel seldom influenced the behaviour of the Gothic Christians . The writers , the best disposed to exaggerate their clemency ...
... savage licence , when every passion was inflamed , and every restraint was removed , the precepts of the gospel seldom influenced the behaviour of the Gothic Christians . The writers , the best disposed to exaggerate their clemency ...
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