Universal History: From the Creation of the World to the Decease of George III., 1820, Zväzok 3Harper & brothers, 1856 |
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afterward Alaric ancient Arcadius arms army Augustus authority barbarians barbarous became began Belisarius bestowed bishops Britain Britons Cæsar century character Charlemagne Charles the Bald chief Christian church citizens civil Clovis command conquest Constantine Constantinople corruption court death dignity Diocletian disposition doctrines dominions duke emperor endeavoured enemy equally father favour France Franks Galerius Gaul genius German Gothic nations Goths Gratian hastati Heptarchy Honorius honour hundred Illyria Italy Justinian king kingdom laws legions liberty likewise luxury magistrates manners ment military monarch murder natural Nero Odin Odoacer Ostrogoths Otho pagan Pepin period Photius political Pope possessed prince provinces rank reign religion remarkable republic Roman empire Rome Saracens Saxons Sejanus senate soldiers soon sovereign Spain spirit subjects success successor superior talents Theodoric Theodosius thousand throne Tiberius tion took Totila Trajan triarii troops Vespasian virtue Visigoths weak Western empire whole
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Strana 102 - The armies were restrained by the firm but gentle hand of four successive emperors, whose characters and authority commanded involuntary respect. The forms of the civil administration were carefully preserved by Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, and the Antonines, who delighted in the image of liberty, and were pleased with considering themselves as the accountable ministers of the laws. Such princes deserved the honour of restoring the republic, had the Romans of their days been capable of enjoying a rational...
Strana 11 - Such was his manner of life amidst the noise and hurry of the town ; but in the country his whole time was devoted to study, without intermission, excepting only when he bathed.
Strana 151 - He aimed a vigorous stroke against the cheek of Serapis ; the cheek fell to the ground ; the thunder was still silent, and both the heavens and the earth continued to preserve their accustomed order and tranquillity. The victorious soldier repeated his blows : the hug-e idol was overthrown and broken in pieces ; and the limbs of Serapis were ignominiously dragged through the streets of Alexandria. His mangled carcass was burnt in the amphitheatre, amidst the shouts of the populace ; and many persons...
Strana 161 - Pulcheria alone discharged the important task of instructing her brother in the arts of government ; but her precepts may countenance some suspicion of the extent of her capacity, or of the purity of her intentions. She taught him to maintain a grave and majestic deportment ; to walk, to hold his robes, to seat himself on his throne, in a manner worthy of a great prince ; to abstain from laughter ; to listen with condescension ; to return suitable answers ; to assume, by turns, a serious or a placid...
Strana 151 - It was confidently affirmed that if any impious hand should dare to violate the majesty of the god, the heavens and the earth would instantly return to their original chaos. An intrepid soldier, animated by zeal, and armed with a weighty battle-axe, ascended the ladder ; and even the Christian multitude expected, with some anxiety, the event of the combat.
Strana 276 - ... ridicule on the head of the Romish church, yet is inclined to think that it is not wholly without foundation. Gibbon treats the story as a mere fable.* It is curious to remark that while the clergy were steadily aiming at temporal power, secular princes, as if interchanging character with them, seem to have fixed their chief attention on spiritual concerns. The monastic life was now universally in the highest esteem, and nothing could equal the veneration that was paid to such as devoted themselves...
Strana 60 - To tamper, therefore, in this affair, or try experiments merely upon the credit of supposed argument and philosophy, can never be the part of a wise magistrate, who will bear a reverence to what carries the marks of age; and though he may attempt some improvements for the public good, yet will he adjust his innovations, as much as possible, to the ancient fabric, and preserve entire the chief pillars and supports of the constitution.
Strana 149 - ... dissolved the ancient fabric of Roman superstition, which was supported by the opinions and habits of eleven hundred years. Paganism was still the constitutional religion of the senate. The hall or temple in which they assembled was adorned by the statue and altar of Victory: a majestic female standing on a globe, with flowing garments, expanded wings, and a crown of laurel in her outstretched hand.
Strana 118 - By a philosophic observer, the system of the Roman government might have been mistaken for a splendid theatre, filled with players of every character and degree, who repeated the language, and imitated the passions, of their original...
Strana 148 - ... of their holy tribunal. Fifteen grave and learned AUGURS observed the face of the heavens, and prescribed the actions of heroes according to the flight of birds. Fifteen keepers of the Sibylline books (their name of QUINDECEMVIRS was derived from their number) occasionally consulted the history of future, and, as it should seem, of contingent events. Six VESTALS devoted their virginity to the guard of the sacred fire and of the unknown pledges of the duration of Rome, which no mortal had been...