 | John Lanne Buchanan - 1794 - 308 sider
...under the Imperial ftandard, from motives of fear, or intereft, with the freeborn warriors who ftarted to arms at the voice of the king of Morven ; if, in...Caledonians, glowing with the warm virtues of nature, and the degenerated Romans, polluted w^th the mean vices of wealth and flavery; it is then fincerely wifhed... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 496 sider
...motives of fear or intereft, ferved under the Imperial ftandard, with the freeborn warriors who ftarted to arms at the voice of the king of Morven ; if, in...Romans, polluted with the mean vices of wealth and flavery. The declining health and laft illnefs of Severus inflamed the wild ambition and black paffions... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 496 sider
...Imperial ftandard, with the freeborn warriors who ftarted to arms at the voice of the king of Movven; if, in a word, we contemplated the untutored Caledonians,...Romans, polluted with the mean vices of wealth and flavery. a'ld accef- r J ' The declining health and laft illnefs of Seyerus inflamed the wild ambition... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 494 sider
...who, "^^"^ - from motives of fear or interest, served under the Imperial standard, with: the freebcafn warriors who started to arms at the voice of the king...polluted with the mean vices of wealth and slavery. The declining health and last illness of Severu s Ambition "r of can- inflamed the wild ambition and... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 542 sider
...bravery, the tenderness, the elegant genius of Ossian ; the mercenary chiefs who, from motives of fear or interest, served under the imperial standard, with...warriors who started to arms at the voice of the king of JMorven ; if, in a word, we contemplated the untutored Caledonians, glowing with the warm virtues of... | |
 | David Irving - 1821 - 336 sider
...Ghver. who, from motives of fear or interest, served under the imperial standard, with the free born warriors who started to arms at the voice of the king...degenerate Romans, polluted with the mean vices of wenltU and slavery. — Giiion's History of the Roman Empire. It is well known that constitutions framed... | |
 | Daniel Macintosh - 1821 - 408 sider
...chiefs, who, from motives of interest or fear, served under the Imperial command, with the freetorn warriors who started to arms at the voice of the King of Morven — 'the degenerate Romans, polluted wkh the mean vices of wealth and luxury, with the untutored Caledonians,... | |
 | Alexander Stewart - 1826 - 506 sider
...bravery, the tenderness, the elegant genius of Ossian ; the mercenary chiefs, who, from motives of fear or interest, served under the Imperial standard, with...the voice of the king of Morven ; if, in a word, we contemplate the untutored Caledonians, glowing with the warm virtues of nature, and the degenerate... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1843 - 588 sider
...bravery, the tenderness, the elegant genius of Ossian ; the mercenary chiefs who, from motives of fear or interest, served under the imperial standard, with...Caledonians, glowing with the warm virtues of nature, »nd the degenerate Romans, polluted with the mean vices of wealth and slavery. The declining health... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 658 sider
...bravery, the tenderness, the elegant genius of Ossian ; the mercenary chiefs, who, from motives of fear or interest, served under the Imperial standard, with...and the degenerate Romans, polluted with 'the mean \yices of wealth and slavery. The declining health and last illness of Severus inflamed the wild ambition... | |
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... people, if we compared the unrelenting revenge of Severus with the generous clemency of Fingal; the timid and brutal cruelty of Caracalla with the bravery, the tenderness, the elegant genius of Ossian; the mercenary chiefs, who, from motives of fear... 
