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" 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,... "
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Page 310
by Edward Gibbon - 1846
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1827 - 654 pages
...broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia." In lieu of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the soundest maxims of steadiness prevailed ; if it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment...
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Sketches of the Lives of Distinguished Females: Written for Girls, with a ...

American Lady - 1833 - 248 pages
...Plato, under the tuition of the great Longinus.' Of her government, the same author remarks, — ' Instead of the little passions which so frequently...accused of avarice ; yet on every proper occasion she was magnificent and liberal.' In addition to all this she is represented as, having been ' the loveliest...
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Didactics: Social, Literary, and Political, Volume 2

Robert Walsh - 1836 - 284 pages
...broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia." In lieu of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the soundest maxims of steadiness prevailed ; if it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment;...
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Didactics: Social, Literary, and Political, Volume 2

Robert Walsh - 1836 - 288 pages
...broke through the servile indolence imposed on her sex by the climate and manners of Asia." In lieu of the little passions which so frequently perplex a female reign, the soundest maxims of steadiness prevailed ; if it was expedient to pardon, she could calm her resentment...
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Woman and Her Master, Volume 2

Lady Morgan (Sydney) - 1840 - 224 pages
...adversaries, the steady administration of Zenobia was guarded by the most judicious maxims of prudent policy. " If it was expedient to pardon, she could...punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity. * Non settlement elle conserva les provinces qui avaient et& sous l'ob&ssanced'Odcn of Russia created...
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The Ladies' Repository, Volumes 33-34

1865 - 838 pages
...the praise of the most critical of historians. He affirms that, "instead of the little passions that so frequently perplex a female reign, the steady administration...every proper occasion, she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighboring States of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia dreaded her enmity, and solicited her...
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Representative Women; Queens, Heroines, Peasants, Confessors, and ...

Edwin Paxton Hood - 1853 - 332 pages
...adversaries, tho steady administration of Zenobia was guarded by the most judicious maxims of prudent policy. " If it was expedient to pardon, she could...every proper , occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighbouring states of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia, dreaded her enmity, and solicited...
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The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with ..., Volume 2

Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 466 pages
...generals who was sent against her to retreat into Europe, with the loss of his army and his reputation.59 Instead of the little passions which so frequently...every proper occasion she appeared magnificent and liberal. The neighbouring states of Arabia, Armenia, and Persia, dreaded her enmity, and solicited...
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The Great Sieges of History

William Robson - 1855 - 684 pages
...against her, to retreat into Europe, with the loss of his army and his reputation. Instead of the petty passions which so frequently perplex a female reign,...her resentment ; if it was necessary to punish, she «ould impose silence on the voice of pity. Her strict economy was accused of avarice ; yet, on every...
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Egyptian Sepulchres and Syrian Shrines: Including Some Stay in the ..., Volume 2

Emily A. Beaufort, Viscountess Emily Anne Beaufort Smythe Strangford - 1862 - 498 pages
...splendid. The prudence, discretion, and good sense of her government are thus described by Gibbon, — "Instead of the little passions which so frequently...punish, she could impose silence on the voice of pity." It was at this period, when enriched by the spoils of so many countries and nations, that the inhabitants...
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