The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Fleischer, 1821 |
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Page 4
... authority which the ca- tholics so well know how to wield . His conversion to that faith was chiefly effected by reading the works of Bossuet ; and it was not till a perfect confidence in that author's tenets had taken place in his mind ...
... authority which the ca- tholics so well know how to wield . His conversion to that faith was chiefly effected by reading the works of Bossuet ; and it was not till a perfect confidence in that author's tenets had taken place in his mind ...
Page 11
... authority and freedom , was attacked and defended ; and the subject of the momentous contest was the union or separation of Great Britain and America . The eight sessions that I sat in parliament were a school of civil prudence , the ...
... authority and freedom , was attacked and defended ; and the subject of the momentous contest was the union or separation of Great Britain and America . The eight sessions that I sat in parliament were a school of civil prudence , the ...
Page 14
... authority of his opinion can stand for little ; and his politics were always too personal to command much deference . His return to England , in 1793 , was , however , the immediate result of a call of friendship which does honour to ...
... authority of his opinion can stand for little ; and his politics were always too personal to command much deference . His return to England , in 1793 , was , however , the immediate result of a call of friendship which does honour to ...
Page xxvii
... authority of the senate . - Civil wars and seditions . - Vio- lent deaths of Maximin and his son , of Maximus and Balbinus , and of the three Gordians . - Usurpation and secular games of Philip , A. D. The apparent ridicule and solid ...
... authority of the senate . - Civil wars and seditions . - Vio- lent deaths of Maximin and his son , of Maximus and Balbinus , and of the three Gordians . - Usurpation and secular games of Philip , A. D. The apparent ridicule and solid ...
Page xxviii
... authority The senate ratifies the election of the Gordians Declares Maximin a public enemy Assumes the command of Rome and Italy Prepares for a civil war · 237 Defeat and death of the two Gordians - Election of Maximus and Balbinus by ...
... authority The senate ratifies the election of the Gordians Declares Maximin a public enemy Assumes the command of Rome and Italy Prepares for a civil war · 237 Defeat and death of the two Gordians - Election of Maximus and Balbinus by ...
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