The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... mankind consider them as founded , not only in reason , but in nature itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles from private property to public dominion : and whenever a virtuous father leaves behind him a son whose ...
... mankind consider them as founded , not only in reason , but in nature itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles from private property to public dominion : and whenever a virtuous father leaves behind him a son whose ...
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... mankind , instead of rejoicing in an increase of family , deemed it an act of paternal tenderness to release their children from the impending miseries of a life which they themselves were unable to support . The humanity of Con ...
... mankind , instead of rejoicing in an increase of family , deemed it an act of paternal tenderness to release their children from the impending miseries of a life which they themselves were unable to support . The humanity of Con ...
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... mankind . The most odious parts of this edict were softened or repealed in the subsequent reigns ( 96 ) ; and even Constantine himself very frequently alleviated , by partial acts of mercy , the stern temper of his general institutions ...
... mankind . The most odious parts of this edict were softened or repealed in the subsequent reigns ( 96 ) ; and even Constantine himself very frequently alleviated , by partial acts of mercy , the stern temper of his general institutions ...
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... mankind was altered , and it was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honour and independence . Licinius solicited and accepted the pardon of his offences , laid himself and his purple at the feet of his lord and ...
... mankind was altered , and it was no longer esteemed infamous for a Roman to survive his honour and independence . Licinius solicited and accepted the pardon of his offences , laid himself and his purple at the feet of his lord and ...
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... mankind , as instruments to execute its purpose ; we may still be permitted , though with becoming sub- mission , to ask , not indeed what were the first , but what were the secondary causes of the rapid growth of the Christian church ...
... mankind , as instruments to execute its purpose ; we may still be permitted , though with becoming sub- mission , to ask , not indeed what were the first , but what were the secondary causes of the rapid growth of the Christian church ...
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