| Edward Gibbon - 1787 - 502 Seiten
...which governed ^' the weaknefs of her fex, that she imputed the guiltof her obftinate refiftance ; it was on their heads that she directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus , who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 Seiten
...; she trembled at the angry clamours of the soldiers, who called aloud for her immediate execution, forgot the generous despair of Cleopatra, which she...life by the sacrifice of her fame and her friends. It Avas to their counsels, which governed the weakness of her sex, that she imputed the guilt of her obstinate... | |
| 1808 - 408 Seiten
...friend«. It was to their councils, which goverued the weakness of her sex, that she imputed the aruilt of her obstinate resistance; it was on their heads that she directed thevcngcance of the cruel Aiirelinu. The fame of Longimis, who was included among the numerous and... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1816 - 472 Seiten
...she trembled at the angry clamours of the soldiers, who called aloud for her immediate execution, ' forgot the generous despair of Cleopatra, which she...she directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear,... | |
| Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 Seiten
...Cleopatra, which she had proposed to herself as a model, and ignominiously purchased life by the sacrice of her fame and her friends. It was to their counsels,...she directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims of her fear,... | |
| R. P. Forster - 1818 - 592 Seiten
...; she trembled at the angry clamours of the soldiers, who called aioud for INT immediate execution; forgot the generous despair of Cleopatra, which she had proposed as her model ; and ignomimouslv purchased life by the sacrifice of her fame and her friends. It was to their councils,... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 474 Seiten
...she trembled at the angry clamours of the soldiers, who called aloud for her immediate execution ; forgot the generous despair of Cleopatra, which she...fame and her friends. It was to their counsels, which go^ c Hist. August. p. 218. Zosimus, lib. 1. p. 50. Though the camel is a heavy heast of burden, the... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 468 Seiten
...which she had proposed as iier model, and ignominiously purchased life by the sacrifice of her farce and her friends. It was to their counsels which governed...she directed the vengeance of the cruel Aurelian. The fame of Longinus, who was included among the numerous, and perhaps innocent, victims of her fear,... | |
| Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 512 Seiten
...trembled at the clamors of the soldiers, who called aloud for her immediate execution ; forpot the bold despair of Cleopatra, which she had proposed as her model, and ignominiously purchased life by tlie sacrifice of her fame and her friends. It was to their councils, which governed the weakness of... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1837 - 1304 Seiten
...roureds, which governed the weakness of her wi, that she imputed the guilt of her obstinate re*4«3ance ; it was on their heads that she directed the vengeance of the cruel A urelian. The rarae of Longinus, who was included among the numerous and perhaps innocent victims... | |
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