Selections from English literature, by E. Lee, Book 4Elizabeth Lee 1913 |
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Page 193
... Hadrian with sovereign power . In his last moments , the arts of the empress Plotina either fixed the irresolution of Trajan , or boldly supposed a fictitious BK . IV . adoption , the truth of which could not be safely EDWARD GIBBON 193.
... Hadrian with sovereign power . In his last moments , the arts of the empress Plotina either fixed the irresolution of Trajan , or boldly supposed a fictitious BK . IV . adoption , the truth of which could not be safely EDWARD GIBBON 193.
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... Hadrian was peaceably acknowledged as his lawful successor . Under his reign , as has been already mentioned , the empire flourished in peace and prosperity . He encouraged the arts , reformed the laws , asserted military discipline ...
... Hadrian was peaceably acknowledged as his lawful successor . Under his reign , as has been already mentioned , the empire flourished in peace and prosperity . He encouraged the arts , reformed the laws , asserted military discipline ...
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... Hadrian , on condition , however , that he himself should immediately adopt the younger . The two Antonines ( for it is of them that we are now speaking ) governed the Roman world forty - two years with the same invariable spirit of ...
... Hadrian , on condition , however , that he himself should immediately adopt the younger . The two Antonines ( for it is of them that we are now speaking ) governed the Roman world forty - two years with the same invariable spirit of ...
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GEOFFREY CHAUCER 13401400 | 1 |
WILLIAM CAXTON 1422 ?1491 | 10 |
STEPHEN HAWES d 1523 | 17 |
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