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... Roman Empire in the West , abundantly discharges my engagements with the public . Perhaps their favourable opinion may encourage me to prosecute a work which , however laborious it may seem , is the most agreeable occupation of my ...
... Roman Empire in the West , abundantly discharges my engagements with the public . Perhaps their favourable opinion may encourage me to prosecute a work which , however laborious it may seem , is the most agreeable occupation of my ...
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... Romans Its precarious Nature Memory of Tiberius , Caligula , Nero , and Domitian . Peculiar Misery of the Romans under their Tyrants . . . 218 Insensibility of the Orientals . 218 Knowledge and free Spirit of the Romans • 219 Extent of ...
... Romans Its precarious Nature Memory of Tiberius , Caligula , Nero , and Domitian . Peculiar Misery of the Romans under their Tyrants . . . 218 Insensibility of the Orientals . 218 Knowledge and free Spirit of the Romans • 219 Extent of ...
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... ROMAN FINANCES . distinguished the Roman A.D. Tyrants Discontents of the Army . A.D. Page A.D. Page Julian is acknowledged by the Senate . Takes possession of the Palace 245 Conduct of the two Civil 244 Wars 253 Arts of Severus . 253 ...
... ROMAN FINANCES . distinguished the Roman A.D. Tyrants Discontents of the Army . A.D. Page A.D. Page Julian is acknowledged by the Senate . Takes possession of the Palace 245 Conduct of the two Civil 244 Wars 253 Arts of Severus . 253 ...
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... Roman World . 321 244. Murder of Gordian . . 326 Sedition at Rome 322 Discontent of the Prætorian Guards . 322 248. Secular Games · Massacre of Maximus and Form of a Military Republic . 326 Reign of Philip Decline of the Roman Em ...
... Roman World . 321 244. Murder of Gordian . . 326 Sedition at Rome 322 Discontent of the Prætorian Guards . 322 248. Secular Games · Massacre of Maximus and Form of a Military Republic . 326 Reign of Philip Decline of the Roman Em ...
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... Romans who wrote in Greek ? I grant that you have a like motive to those Romans , and adopt a language much more generally diffused than your native tongue : but have you not remarked the fate of those two ancient languages in following ...
... Romans who wrote in Greek ? I grant that you have a like motive to those Romans , and adopt a language much more generally diffused than your native tongue : but have you not remarked the fate of those two ancient languages in following ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite 74 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 97 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :"and Mr.
Seite 204 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Seite viii - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Seite 153 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher as equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Seite 105 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Seite 125 - IN the second century of the Christian ^Era, the Empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Seite 44 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Seite 381 - PENROSE'S (REV. JOHN) Faith and Practice ; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post 8vo. 8s. 6d. (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey.
Seite 87 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably satisfied with their effect.