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Side 6
In describing the country , extraction , and manners of Herculius , we have
already delineated those of Galerius , who was often , and not improperly , styled
the younger Maximian , though , in many instances , both of virtue and ability , he
...
In describing the country , extraction , and manners of Herculius , we have
already delineated those of Galerius , who was often , and not improperly , styled
the younger Maximian , though , in many instances , both of virtue and ability , he
...
Side 29
Answer of It well becomes the Persians ( replied Galerius , Galerius . with a
transport of fury which seemed to convulse his whole frame ) , it well becomes the
Persians to erpatiate on the vicissitudes of fortune , and calmly to read us lectures
on ...
Answer of It well becomes the Persians ( replied Galerius , Galerius . with a
transport of fury which seemed to convulse his whole frame ) , it well becomes the
Persians to erpatiate on the vicissitudes of fortune , and calmly to read us lectures
on ...
Side 55
Of GaleThe stern temper of Galerius was cast in a very different mould ; and ,
while he commanded the esteem of his subjects , he seldom condescended to
solicit their affections . His famè in arms , and , above all , the success of the
Persian ...
Of GaleThe stern temper of Galerius was cast in a very different mould ; and ,
while he commanded the esteem of his subjects , he seldom condescended to
solicit their affections . His famè in arms , and , above all , the success of the
Persian ...
Side 67
Sensible of the increasing difficulties of his enterprise , the haughty Galerius
made the first advances towards a reconciliation ; and dispatched two of his most
considerable officers to tempt the Roman princes by the offer of a conference ,
and ...
Sensible of the increasing difficulties of his enterprise , the haughty Galerius
made the first advances towards a reconciliation ; and dispatched two of his most
considerable officers to tempt the Roman princes by the offer of a conference ,
and ...
Side 70
The mind of Galerius was the most susceptible of the sterner passions ; but it was
not , however , the rank incapable of a sincere and lasting friendship . Licinius ,
whose manners as well as character Å . D. 307 , were not unlike his own , seems
...
The mind of Galerius was the most susceptible of the sterner passions ; but it was
not , however , the rank incapable of a sincere and lasting friendship . Licinius ,
whose manners as well as character Å . D. 307 , were not unlike his own , seems
...
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2: Complete in Eight Volumes |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Utgiver | G. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
| Original fra | Catalonia-biblioteket |
| Digitalisert | 30. mar 2009 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |