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Pagina 13
... throne , he suffered himself to be governed by favourites , who oppressed the citizens . Exemptions were sold at a high price ; and impunity even for murder was pur- chased with money . Such irregularities greatly displeased the people ...
... throne , he suffered himself to be governed by favourites , who oppressed the citizens . Exemptions were sold at a high price ; and impunity even for murder was pur- chased with money . Such irregularities greatly displeased the people ...
Pagina 15
... throne of Armenia . He also subdued the Parthians . Nero , jealous of his reputation , di- rected him to be murdered ; Corbulo hearing of it , fell upon his own sword , A.D. 67 . CAIUS PISO , a Roman , who was at the head of a cele ...
... throne of Armenia . He also subdued the Parthians . Nero , jealous of his reputation , di- rected him to be murdered ; Corbulo hearing of it , fell upon his own sword , A.D. 67 . CAIUS PISO , a Roman , who was at the head of a cele ...
Pagina 19
... throne ; Vespasian declared for Vitellius , who , by Otho's death , was left in possession of the throne . But the new emperor was both hated and despised ; and Vespasian's reputation was so generally acknowledged in the East , that in ...
... throne ; Vespasian declared for Vitellius , who , by Otho's death , was left in possession of the throne . But the new emperor was both hated and despised ; and Vespasian's reputation was so generally acknowledged in the East , that in ...
Pagina 24
... throne of justice . Sabi- nus had openly aspired to the throne , and Vespasian remained inflexible to the prayers of Eponia , or the affecting solicitations of her sons . Rising with an air of dignity , from her humiliating posture , Be ...
... throne of justice . Sabi- nus had openly aspired to the throne , and Vespasian remained inflexible to the prayers of Eponia , or the affecting solicitations of her sons . Rising with an air of dignity , from her humiliating posture , Be ...
Pagina 28
... throne , he passed by his own kindred , and selected for his son , and successor , the man , in all the empire , best fitted for the high office . Had this choice been the only act of his reign , it would have entitled him to the ...
... throne , he passed by his own kindred , and selected for his son , and successor , the man , in all the empire , best fitted for the high office . Had this choice been the only act of his reign , it would have entitled him to the ...
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Pagina 54 - 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 132 - 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 398 - 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 392 - 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 165 - 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 391 - 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 136 - AD 19, in the 34th year of his age. The news of his death was received with the greatest grief and the most bitter lamentations.
Pagina 596 - ... resolved to remove his body into the choir, which was to have been done with solemn procession on the 15th of July. It rained, however, so violently...
Pagina 247 - ... 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 403 - About twenty-eight of the idolaters were killed by a party under the command of Khaled; but this happened contrary to Mahomet's orders, who, when he entered the town, pardoned all the Koreish on their submission, except only six men and four women, who were more obnoxious than ordinary...