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The virtue of well-doing is most characteristic of those who govern, and where discrimination is made, where the particular circumstances and the fortune of...

87. When the army came back, most of the soldiers were decorated with crowns, in honour of the victory. They were now encamped near...

Surely nobody could surpass her in that good quality, for she depended wholly on God, ascribed all events to His influence, thought all things...

In fact, he sent me other messages, of quite a different tenor, in which he congratulated me on preferring the spiritual life and actually...

8. The prize-money for the soldiers and the revenues devoted to army expenditure were quite unnecessarily diverted and put aside for the use of...

The Russian Upheaval and the Revolt of Tornicius90. Indeed, this lack of vigilance was the cause of the war against the barbarians, the war...

160. As her life drew to its appointed close, when she was on the point of dying, slight changes made their appearance in her...

There were certain factors that made her influence with them all-powerful: the fact that she had been born in the purple; her gentle character;...

12. Among others who were living at that time was a native of Dalassa (a most celebrated place) whose name was Constantine. He was...

Such were the proposals they put forward, either because they imagined that there were springs of gold in our domains, or simply because they...