Universal History, ancient and modern; from the earliest records of time, to the general peace of 1801, Band 7 |
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... passed a day without a con , flict , Constantius led a life of indolence at Milan , during many months . Having , however , re- solved to return into the east , he indulged his pride and curiosity by paying a visit to the an- cient ...
... passed a day without a con , flict , Constantius led a life of indolence at Milan , during many months . Having , however , re- solved to return into the east , he indulged his pride and curiosity by paying a visit to the an- cient ...
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... passed through in the Persian expedition , Julian prac- tised a variety of superstitious rites to propitiate the gods , and to discover the issue of the war . For this latter purpose , it is said , that he barba- rously sacrificed young ...
... passed through in the Persian expedition , Julian prac- tised a variety of superstitious rites to propitiate the gods , and to discover the issue of the war . For this latter purpose , it is said , that he barba- rously sacrificed young ...
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... passing that rapid stream . Their dis- tress was hourly augmented by the pressure of famine , and the increasing numbers of the ene- my ; when the sound of peace , though concluded on the most disgraceful terms , once more in- spired ...
... passing that rapid stream . Their dis- tress was hourly augmented by the pressure of famine , and the increasing numbers of the ene- my ; when the sound of peace , though concluded on the most disgraceful terms , once more in- spired ...
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... passed on other mat- ters of morals and police , and the still greater severity with which they were carried into exe- cution , excited a general detestation against Valens ; and the last time he left Constantinople , its inhabitants ...
... passed on other mat- ters of morals and police , and the still greater severity with which they were carried into exe- cution , excited a general detestation against Valens ; and the last time he left Constantinople , its inhabitants ...
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... passed the Rhine on the ice , amounting to forty thousand men ; and the youthful emperor having collected his forces , marched against them , accompanied by the experienced Nanienus , and Mellobaudes , who united in his person the cha ...
... passed the Rhine on the ice , amounting to forty thousand men ; and the youthful emperor having collected his forces , marched against them , accompanied by the experienced Nanienus , and Mellobaudes , who united in his person the cha ...
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