| 1735 - 704 pàgines
...rank which he had acquired among the mod deferving of the Roman princes. In the life of Anguftus, w« behold the tyrant of the republic converted, almoft...may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his Subjects with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and diflblute monarch, corrupted... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1800 - 614 pàgines
...age) degraded him from the rank which he had acquired among the mod deferving of the Roman princes. In the life of Auguftus, we behold the tyrant of the...may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjeeh with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and diffolute monarch, corrupted... | |
| SEVERAL HANDS. - 1781 - 588 pàgines
...age) degraded him from the rank which he had acquired among the moll deferving of the Roman princes. In the life of Auguftus, we behold the tyrant o'f the republic, converted, aim oft by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human kind. In that of Conitantine,... | |
| 1793 - 738 pàgines
...age) degraded him from the rank which he had acquired among the moft dcferving ot the Roman princes. In the life of Auguftus, we behold the tyrant of the republic, convened, almoft by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human Vind. In that... | |
| 1800 - 624 pàgines
...age) degraded him from the rank which he had acquired among the moft deferving of the Roman princes. In the life of Auguftus, we behold the tyrant of the...contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired- his fubjecb with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and diffolute monarch, corrupted... | |
| 1800 - 620 pàgines
...rank which he had acquired among the moft deferving of the Roman princes. In the life of Augufhis, we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted almoft...may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjects with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and diffolute monarch, corrupted... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 pàgines
...the Roman princes. In the life of Augustus, we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted, almost by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human kind. In that of Constantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had so long inspired his subjects with love, and his enemies... | |
| Thomas Curtis - 1829 - 828 pàgines
...' In the life of Augustus,' siys Gibbon, ' we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted, almost by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human kind. In that of Constantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had so long- inspired bis subjects with love, and his enemies... | |
| Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 828 pàgines
...emperor. " In the life of Augustus," says he, " we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted, almost by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human kind. In that of Constantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had so long inspired liis subjects with love, and his enemies... | |
| Pierre François Merlet - 1837 - 314 pàgines
...the Roman princes. In the life of Augustus, we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted, almost by imperceptible degrees, into the father of his country and of human kind. In that of Constantin?, we may contemplate a hero, who had so long inspired his subjects with love, and his enemies... | |
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