The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: t. 2, t. 3, t. 4, t. 5, t. 6, t. 7Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... fortunes of the mightiest empire which ever existed , is compelled to consult , and cannot fail to admire , an author whose penetration , eloquence , and research , raise him to one of the highest places in literature ; but whose want ...
... fortunes of the mightiest empire which ever existed , is compelled to consult , and cannot fail to admire , an author whose penetration , eloquence , and research , raise him to one of the highest places in literature ; but whose want ...
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... fortune . A new edition of this valuable history is now offered in a convenient form , and rendered as complete as possible by addi- tional notes . Since the time of Gibbon , new light has been thrown on many parts of his subject . To ...
... fortune . A new edition of this valuable history is now offered in a convenient form , and rendered as complete as possible by addi- tional notes . Since the time of Gibbon , new light has been thrown on many parts of his subject . To ...
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... fortune to regulate his inclinations by his means , the father of the historian wasted a portion of the property which he had acquired too easily to know its value . He thus bequeathed to his son the necessity of embellishing his ...
... fortune to regulate his inclinations by his means , the father of the historian wasted a portion of the property which he had acquired too easily to know its value . He thus bequeathed to his son the necessity of embellishing his ...
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... fortune can bestow , and induced him to cultivate a friendly intercourse with the less pretending but more profitable circles of society , in the place of his abode . His easily recognized merit secured a marked welcome ; and his love ...
... fortune can bestow , and induced him to cultivate a friendly intercourse with the less pretending but more profitable circles of society , in the place of his abode . His easily recognized merit secured a marked welcome ; and his love ...
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... fortune . With regard to his moral qualities , some may perhaps be curious to know what he himself thought of them at the age of twenty - five . The following are the reflections which he penned in his Journal on the day when he entered ...
... fortune . With regard to his moral qualities , some may perhaps be curious to know what he himself thought of them at the age of twenty - five . The following are the reflections which he penned in his Journal on the day when he entered ...
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