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... Tetricus to be elected emperor at Bor- deaux , where he was yet but the governor of Acquitaine . She even for a time set the power and arms of Aurelian at defiance , with the same dauntless spirit with which she opposed the power of ...
... Tetricus to be elected emperor at Bor- deaux , where he was yet but the governor of Acquitaine . She even for a time set the power and arms of Aurelian at defiance , with the same dauntless spirit with which she opposed the power of ...
Page 322
... Tetricus . " While the magnanimous Victoria gave away thrones , she could not give the spirit and the genius that were necessary , in times so troublous , to preserve them . She had placed " her nominee , " Tetricus , over Gaul , Spain ...
... Tetricus . " While the magnanimous Victoria gave away thrones , she could not give the spirit and the genius that were necessary , in times so troublous , to preserve them . She had placed " her nominee , " Tetricus , over Gaul , Spain ...
Page 323
... Tetricus . Aurelian , acknowledged emperor from the wall of Antonine to the columns of Hercules , had now only one rebel power to contend with . The " heroine of the west " was no more ! But there was still another rebel to man's ...
... Tetricus . Aurelian , acknowledged emperor from the wall of Antonine to the columns of Hercules , had now only one rebel power to contend with . The " heroine of the west " was no more ! But there was still another rebel to man's ...
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... Tetricus , Aurelian resolved on de- stroying another proud monarchy , erected on the ruins of the Roman empire in Asia . But above all , he resolved on humbling the pride of the con- queress of Persia and of Egypt , the one sole survi ...
... Tetricus , Aurelian resolved on de- stroying another proud monarchy , erected on the ruins of the Roman empire in Asia . But above all , he resolved on humbling the pride of the con- queress of Persia and of Egypt , the one sole survi ...
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... Tetricus * followed , - the representative of her , who made him emperor , of Victoria , " the heroine of the west . " But every eye , disregarding all the other captives , was strained to catch the first glimpse of the greater than all ...
... Tetricus * followed , - the representative of her , who made him emperor , of Victoria , " the heroine of the west . " But every eye , disregarding all the other captives , was strained to catch the first glimpse of the greater than all ...
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Page 11 - By marriage, the husband and wife are one person in law: that is, the very being or legal existence of the woman is suspended during the marriage, or at least is incorporated and consolidated into that of the husband...
Page 135 - Now therefore, I pray thee, hearken thou also unto the voice of thine handmaid, and let me set a morsel of bread before thee; and eat, that thou mayest have strength, when thou goest on thy way. 23 But he refused, and said, I will not eat.
Page 78 - He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness ; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings : So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
Page 163 - Thou knowest that the kingdom was mine, and that all Israel set their faces on me, that I should reign : howbeit the kingdom is turned about, and is become my brother's: for it was his from the Lord.
Page 172 - Thou knowest how that David my father could not build an house unto the name of the Lord his God for the wars which were about him on every side, until the Lord put them under the soles of his feet.
Page 66 - For the priest's lips should keep knowledge, and they should seek the law at his mouth : for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
Page 146 - Let not my lord, I pray thee, regard this man of Belial, even Nabal : for as his name is, so is he ; Nabal is his name, and folly is with him : but I thine handmaid saw not the young men of my lord, whom thou didst send.
Page 333 - Instead of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the steady administration of Zenobia was guided by the most judicious maxims of policy. If it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment; if it was necessary to punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity.
Page 213 - Yet ye say, Wherefore? Because the Lord hath been witness between thee and the wife of thy youth, Against whom thou hast dealt treacherously : Yet is she thy com panion, and the wife of thy covenant.
Page 147 - And it shall come to pass, when the LORD shall have done to my lord according to all the good that he hath spoken concerning thee, and shall have appointed thee...