The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... Procopius in a regular and elegant narrative ( 1. i . c . 9—25 ; 1. ii . c . 1—13 ) ; and happy would be my lot , could I always tread in the footsteps of such a guide . From the entire and diligent perusal of the Greek text , I have a ...
... Procopius in a regular and elegant narrative ( 1. i . c . 9—25 ; 1. ii . c . 1—13 ) ; and happy would be my lot , could I always tread in the footsteps of such a guide . From the entire and diligent perusal of the Greek text , I have a ...
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... Procopius , the faith- ful companion , and diligent historian of his exploits * . The Mirranes of Persia advanced , with forty thou- sand of her best troops , to raze the fortifications of Dara ; and signified the day and the hour on ...
... Procopius , the faith- ful companion , and diligent historian of his exploits * . The Mirranes of Persia advanced , with forty thou- sand of her best troops , to raze the fortifications of Dara ; and signified the day and the hour on ...
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... Procopius defends the soldiers of his own time against the morose critics , who confined that respectable name to the heavy - armed warriors of antiquity , and maliciously observed , that the word archer is intro- duced by Homer * as a ...
... Procopius defends the soldiers of his own time against the morose critics , who confined that respectable name to the heavy - armed warriors of antiquity , and maliciously observed , that the word archer is intro- duced by Homer * as a ...
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... Procopius conceals the legal and popular modius , a sixth part of the medimnus ( Hooper's Ancient Measures , p . 152 , & c . ) . A contrary , and in- deed a stranger mistake , has crept into an oration of Dinarchus ( contra Demosthenem ...
... Procopius conceals the legal and popular modius , a sixth part of the medimnus ( Hooper's Ancient Measures , p . 152 , & c . ) . A contrary , and in- deed a stranger mistake , has crept into an oration of Dinarchus ( contra Demosthenem ...
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... Procopius soon returned from Syracuse with correct informa- tion of the state and designs of the Vandals . His intelligence determined Belisarius to hasten his rations , and his wise impatience was seconded by the winds . The fleet lost ...
... Procopius soon returned from Syracuse with correct informa- tion of the state and designs of the Vandals . His intelligence determined Belisarius to hasten his rations , and his wise impatience was seconded by the winds . The fleet lost ...
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