...Julius, we know, began it ; and therefore Gibbon departs from his usual accuracy when he calls it a war, undertaken by the most stupid, maintained by the most...terminated by the most timid of all the emperors.* But, let us turn our attention to Caesar. He had assembled on the Gaulish side, now supposed to be...

...that the palm of glory might not have been contested with Alfred by one of our Edwards or Henrys ? ' After a war of about forty years, undertaken by the...emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke.' Our ingenious readers who are unacquainted with Gibbon, if any such there be, may...

...is treating of the gradual conquest of Britain by the Romans, on which subject he proceeds thus : ' After a war of about forty years, undertaken by the...most dissolute, and terminated by the most timid of til the emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke. ' Our ingenious readers...

...own page, as if the text were to be the puzzle, of which the note was the solution. For example — ' After a war of about forty years, undertaken by the...terminated by the most timid, of all the emperors, th« far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke.'* And then we are told beneath that...

...Augustus were persuaded to follow the example of the former rather than the precept of the latter. After a war of about forty years, undertaken by the...emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke," i. 2, 3. Of course, the representation in the first seal could not be applied to...

...the most eloquent of historians, * "after a war of about forty years, undertaken by the most stupid,t maintained by the most dissolute, and terminated by...emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke. The various tribes of Britons possessed valour without conduct, and the love of...

...of Sabifi, on vol. ii. p. 277 seq. — S. the northern confines of Yeineu. When their avarice ; • and as Britain was viewed in the light of a distinct...a war of about forty years, undertaken by the most stupid,7 maintained by the most dissolute, and terminated by the most timid of all the emperors, the...

...fir^t century of the Christian era, after a war of forty years' duration, — a war, says Gibbon, '• undertaken by the most stupid, maintained by the most...dissolute, and terminated by the most timid, of all the Roman emperors." In the person of Trajan, the Romans received a military emperor ambitious of fame...

...first century of the Christian era, after a war of forty years' duration, — a war, says Gibbon, " undertaken by the most stupid, maintained by the most...dissolute, and terminated by the most timid, of all the Eonian emperors." In the person of Trajan, the Romans received a military emperor ambitious of fame...

...their arms; the pleasing, though doubtful intelligence of a pearl fishery, attracted their avarice ; and as Britain was viewed in the light of a distinct...Continental measures.* After a war of about forty years, under* Augustus ' bequeathed, as a valuable legacy to his successors, the advice of confining the empire...