 | 1788 - 638 pages
...anfwer of Zenobia was a prudent mixture of refpeft and firmnefs. " Becaufe I difdained t<» " confider as Roman emperors an " Aureolus, or a Gallienus. You " alone I acknowledge as my " conqueror and my fovereign." But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, fo it is feldom Heady or conCftent. The... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - 638 pages
...anhver of Zenobia was a prudent mixture of refpcd and firmconGdcr as Roman emperors an " Aurtolus, or a Gallienus. You " alone I acknowledge as my " conqueror and my fovereign." But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, fo it is feldom Heady or couliftent. The... | |
 | Johann Georg Zimmermann - 1799 - 390 pages
...arms againft the emperor of Rome. " Becaufe," feplied the captive queen, '' I difdained to confider as Roman Emperors, an AUREOLUS or a GALLIENUS : you alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and fovereign." Her courage, however, deferted her in the hour of trial ; and throwing the guilt of her... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 530 pages
...Rome! The answer of Zenobia was xi. a prudent mixtui'e of respect and firmness. ' " Because I disdained to consider as Roman " emperors an Aureolus or a Gallienus....alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and my " sovereign *." But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, so it is seldom steady or consistent. The courage... | |
 | Andrews Norton - 1818 - 1164 pages
...of Rome." The answer of Zenobia was a prudent mixture of respect and firmness. ' Because I disdained to consider as Roman emperors an Aureolus or a Gallienus....alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and my sovereign.' But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, so it is seldom steady or consistent. The courage of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1820 - 510 pages
...Rome? The answer of Zenobia ,,J^., was a prudent mixture of respect and firmness. " Because I disdained to consider as Roman " emperors an Aureolus or a Gallienus. You "alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and "my sovereign.'"1 But as female fortitude is commonly artificial, so it is seldom steady or consistent.... | |
 | Charles Bucke - 1841 - 370 pages
...presumed to rise in arms against the emperors of Rome. " Because," answered Zenobia, " I disdained to consider as Roman emperors an Aureolus or a Gallienus....alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and my sovereign, and this I do because you know how to conquer." When, however, the soldiers demanded her immediate... | |
 | P A. Beddome - 1844 - 280 pages
...of Rome ? The answer of Zenobia was a prudent mixture of respect and firmness. " Because I disdained to consider as Roman emperors an Aureolus or a Gallienus....alone, I acknowledge as my conqueror and my sovereign." 18 GERMANS AND GAULS. 40. Was the military character desperate at this period ? We may gather some... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 pages
...emperors of Rome. She replied, with a prudent mixture of firmness and respect, " Because I disdained to consider as Roman emperors an Aureolus or a Gallienus....alone, I acknowledge as my conqueror and my sovereign." The soldiers, regarding' her as another Cleopatra, demanded her death : her courage deserted her in... | |
 | 1851 - 614 pages
...prudent mixture of respect and firmness. " Because I disdained to consider as Roman emperor an Aurcolus or a Gallienus. You alone I acknowledge as my conqueror and my sovereign." But the courage of Zenobia deserted her in the hour of trial. The Roman soldiery, who were enraged... | |
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When the Syrian queen was brought into the presence of Aurelian, he sternly asked her how she had presumed to rise in arms against the emperors of Rome! The answer of Zenobia was a prudent mixture of respect and firmness : " Because I disdained to consider... 
