 | Edward Gibbon - 1906 - 492 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... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 726 pàgines
...rank which he had acquired among the moft deferving of the Roman princes. In the life of Auguftus, we behold the tyrant of the republic, converted almoft...degrees, into the father of his country and of human jkiiid. In that of Conftantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjects with... | |
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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. 
