The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... virtues of Hilderic offended the prejudices of his countrymen . The Arian clergy presumed to insinuate that he had renounced the faith , and the soldiers more loudly complained that he had degenerated from the cou- rage , of his ...
... virtues of Hilderic offended the prejudices of his countrymen . The Arian clergy presumed to insinuate that he had renounced the faith , and the soldiers more loudly complained that he had degenerated from the cou- rage , of his ...
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... virtues of the elder and the younger Scipio ; a noble origin , liberal studies , and the emulation of a free state . The silence of a loquacious secretary may be * Ωρμητο δε ὁ Βελισάριος εκ Γερμανίας , ἡ Θράκωντε και Ιλλυρίαν METALU ...
... virtues of the elder and the younger Scipio ; a noble origin , liberal studies , and the emulation of a free state . The silence of a loquacious secretary may be * Ωρμητο δε ὁ Βελισάριος εκ Γερμανίας , ἡ Θράκωντε και Ιλλυρίαν METALU ...
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... virtue , and the unpardonable guilt of mur- der , which , in his apprehension , was aggravated ra- ther than excused by the vice of intoxication * . In * I have read of a Greek legislator , who inflicted a double penalty the navigation ...
... virtue , and the unpardonable guilt of mur- der , which , in his apprehension , was aggravated ra- ther than excused by the vice of intoxication * . In * I have read of a Greek legislator , who inflicted a double penalty the navigation ...
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... virtue of the Van- dals , who insensibly became the most luxurious of mankind . In their villas and gardens , which might deserve the Persian name of paradise * , they en- joyed a cool and elegant repose ; and , after the daily use of ...
... virtue of the Van- dals , who insensibly became the most luxurious of mankind . In their villas and gardens , which might deserve the Persian name of paradise * , they en- joyed a cool and elegant repose ; and , after the daily use of ...
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... virtue ; but if we reject the proffered de- liverance , it degenerates into blind and stupid de- spair . " " I am not insensible , " replied the king of the Vandals , " how kind and rational is your advice . But I cannot persuade myself ...
... virtue ; but if we reject the proffered de- liverance , it degenerates into blind and stupid de- spair . " " I am not insensible , " replied the king of the Vandals , " how kind and rational is your advice . But I cannot persuade myself ...
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