The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 1Allen Lane, Penguin Press, 1994 - 3360 Seiten A new critical edition, complete & unmodernized. Contains variants, & comments & notes by Gibbon, plus his famous Vindication. Also includes description of the development of the work within the framework of Gibbon's life & the culture of the era. |
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... law of self - preservation . But when the principal nations of Europe , Asia , and Africa were united under the laws of one sovereign , the source of foreign supplies flowed with much less abundance , and the Romans were reduced to the ...
... law of self - preservation . But when the principal nations of Europe , Asia , and Africa were united under the laws of one sovereign , the source of foreign supplies flowed with much less abundance , and the Romans were reduced to the ...
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... laws of property have imposed on the ap- the Emperor petites of mankind , by confining to a few the pos session of those objects that are coveted by many . Of all our passions and appetites , the love of power is of the most imperious ...
... laws of property have imposed on the ap- the Emperor petites of mankind , by confining to a few the pos session of those objects that are coveted by many . Of all our passions and appetites , the love of power is of the most imperious ...
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... laws their wisdom or caprice might suggest ; but those laws were ratified by the sanction of the senate . The model of ancient freedom was preserved in its deliberations and decrees ; and wise princes , who respected the prejudices of ...
... laws their wisdom or caprice might suggest ; but those laws were ratified by the sanction of the senate . The model of ancient freedom was preserved in its deliberations and decrees ; and wise princes , who respected the prejudices of ...
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