The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 3Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1994 - 1352 Seiten A history of the Roman and Byzantine Empires, covering a period of thirteen centuries from the age of the Antonines to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks. -- Dust jacket. |
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... virtue above the heads of their equals ; but their virtue is seldom exempt from ambition , and the cause of the successful candidate is frequent- ly stained by the guilt of conspiracy or civil war . Even in those governments which allow ...
... virtue above the heads of their equals ; but their virtue is seldom exempt from ambition , and the cause of the successful candidate is frequent- ly stained by the guilt of conspiracy or civil war . Even in those governments which allow ...
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... virtue of the Egyptians . " The disciples of Antony and Pachomius were satisfied with their daily pittance " of twelve ounces of bread , or rather bis- 44 St. Jerome , in strong but indiscreet language , expresses the most important use ...
... virtue of the Egyptians . " The disciples of Antony and Pachomius were satisfied with their daily pittance " of twelve ounces of bread , or rather bis- 44 St. Jerome , in strong but indiscreet language , expresses the most important use ...
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... virtues of their founders . " Their natural descent , from such painful and dangerous virtue , to the common vices of humanity , will not , perhaps , excite much grief or indigna- tion in the mind of a philosopher . Their soli- tude ...
... virtues of their founders . " Their natural descent , from such painful and dangerous virtue , to the common vices of humanity , will not , perhaps , excite much grief or indigna- tion in the mind of a philosopher . Their soli- tude ...
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