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Pagina 6
... reign . In this manner was Claudius urged on by Messalina to commit cruelties , while she put no bounds to her enormities . says , The most extraordinary domestic event in the reign of Clau- dius , and one indeed , which would be ...
... reign . In this manner was Claudius urged on by Messalina to commit cruelties , while she put no bounds to her enormities . says , The most extraordinary domestic event in the reign of Clau- dius , and one indeed , which would be ...
Pagina 13
... reign . The virtues which had shone so bright in Galba , when a private man , totally disappeared when he ascended the throne , and he who had shown himself the most impartial judge , forgot his duty when emperor . CLAUDIUS CIVILIS , a ...
... reign . The virtues which had shone so bright in Galba , when a private man , totally disappeared when he ascended the throne , and he who had shown himself the most impartial judge , forgot his duty when emperor . CLAUDIUS CIVILIS , a ...
Pagina 14
... reign of Nero , A. D. 63. When the Gauls revolted under Vindex , A. D. 68 , he marched to Besançon , in order to resist their designs . On this occasion the legions proclaimed him em- peror , but he refused the title , alleging that the ...
... reign of Nero , A. D. 63. When the Gauls revolted under Vindex , A. D. 68 , he marched to Besançon , in order to resist their designs . On this occasion the legions proclaimed him em- peror , but he refused the title , alleging that the ...
Pagina 16
... reign of Nero , on whose death he assumed the imperial dignity , and committed many cruelties . By order of Galba he was arrested and put to death . AULIUS ATTICUS , a captain of a Roman cohort under Julius Agricola , who was killed in ...
... reign of Nero , on whose death he assumed the imperial dignity , and committed many cruelties . By order of Galba he was arrested and put to death . AULIUS ATTICUS , a captain of a Roman cohort under Julius Agricola , who was killed in ...
Pagina 19
... reign of Claudius he distinguished himself by the command of a legion , obtained for him by the interest of Narcissus , first in Germany , and afterwards in Great Britain ; and he was re- warded for his services by the triumphal ...
... reign of Claudius he distinguished himself by the command of a legion , obtained for him by the interest of Narcissus , first in Germany , and afterwards in Great Britain ; and he was re- warded for his services by the triumphal ...
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Pagina 60 - And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with : but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father.
Pagina 336 - Attila, the son of Mundzuk, deduced his noble, perhaps his regal, descent* from the ancient Huns, who had formerly contended with the monarchs of China. His features, according to the observation of a Gothic historian, bore the stamp of his national origin; and the portrait of Attila exhibits the genuine deformity of a modern Calmuck ;* a large head, a swarthy complexion, small deep-seated eyes, a flat nose, a few hairs in the place of a beard, broad shoulders, and a short square body, of nervous...
Pagina 138 - Cicero, formed his taste, enlarged his understanding, and gave him the noblest ideas of man and government. The exercises of the body succeeded to those of the mind; and Alexander, who was tall, active, and robust, surpassed most of his equals in the gymnastic arts.
Pagina 404 - When they had solemnly engaged to do all this, Mohammed sent one of his disciples, named Masab Ebn Omair, home with them, to instruct them more fully in the grounds and ceremonies of his new religion. Masab, being arrived at Medina, by the assistance of those who had been formerly converted, gained several proselytes, particularly...
Pagina 398 - I know no man in all Arabia who can offer his kindred a more excellent thing than I now do you; I offer you happiness both in this life, and in that which is to come: God Almighty hath commanded me to call you unto him; who, therefore, among you will be assisting to me herein, and become my brother, and my vicegerent?
Pagina 60 - And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying ; All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him. Then said Jesus unto them ; Be not afraid ; go, tell my brethren, that they go into Galilee, and there shall they see me.
Pagina 171 - He laid down two principles, the one good, the other evil ; between these he imagined an intermediate kind of Deity, of a mixed nature, who was the Creator of this inferior world, and the god and legislator of the Jewish nation : the other nations, who worshipped a variety of gods, were supposed to be under the empire of the evil principle.
Pagina 397 - After he began by this advantageous match to live at his ease, it was, that he formed the scheme of establishing a new religion, or, as he expressed it, of replanting the only true and ancient one, professed by Adam, Noah, Abraham, Moses, Jesus, and all the prophets...
Pagina 253 - ... reserved for his rival and colleague, Maximus, the first, among the Christian princes, who shed the blood of his Christian subjects on account of their religious opinions.
Pagina 400 - ... sayings, as his followers have since done ; and seeing he all along disclaimed any power of performing miracles, it seems rather to have been a fetch of policy to raise his reputation, by pretending to have actually conversed with GOD in heaven, as Moses had heretofore done in the mount, and to have received several institutions immediately from him, whereas before he contented himself with persuading them that he had all by the ministry of Gabriel.