 | 1735 - 704 pages
...human kind. In that of Conftantine, we 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 by his fortune, or raiftd by conqucft above the neceflity of dilfimulation.... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1800 - 614 pages
...human kind. In that of Conftantine, we 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 by bis fortune,, or raifed by conqucft above the necelfity of diffimulation. The general peace which he... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS. - 1781 - 588 pages
...human kind. In that of Conitantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjects with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating...diffolute monarch, corrupted by his fortune, or raifed by conquelt above the neceffity of diilimulation. The general peace which he maintained during the la!t... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1783 - 554 pages
...human kind. In that of Conftantine, -we may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjefls with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and difiblute monarch, corrupted by his fortune, or raifed by conqueft above the neceffitv of diffimulation.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1787 - 424 pages
...human kind. In that of Conftantine , w« may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjects with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating...above the neceffity of diffimulation. The general AD peace which he maintained during the lad fourteen Jl3 137' years of his reign, was a period of apparent... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1792 - 432 pages
...kind. In that of ; ' Conftantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjecls. with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating...maintained during the laft fourteen years of his reign, A. ri. 323—337 ^ The virtues of Conftantine are collefted for the moil part from Eutropius, and the... | |
 | 1793 - 738 pages
...human Vind. In that of Conftantine, we may contemplate a hero, who h;id fo long infpired his fubjecls with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and diflolute monarch, corrupted by his fortune, or railed by conqueft above the neceflity of diiiimulation.... | |
 | 1800 - 620 pages
...human kind. In that of Conftantine, we 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 by hh fortune, or raifed by conqueft above the neceffity of diffimulation. The general peace which he... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1813 - 436 pages
...human kind. In that of Conftantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had fo long infpired his fubjects with' love and his enemies with terror, degenerating...corrupted by his fortune, or raifed by conqueft above th6 AJ). neceffity of diffimulation. The general peace 323—337- which he maintained during the lafl... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 864 pages
...human kind. In that of Constantine, we may contemplate a hero, who had so long inspired his subjects with love, and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and dissolute monarch, corrupted by his fortune, or raised by conquest above the necessity of dissimulaAD... | |
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Constantine we may contemplate a hero, who had so long inspired his subjects with love and his enemies with terror, degenerating into a cruel and dissolute monarch, corrupted by his fortune, or raised by conquest above the necessity of dissimulation. 
