From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by the lively declamation of Barre, the legal acuteness of Dunning, the profuse and philosophic fancy of Burke, and the argumentative vehemence of Fox, who in the conduct... The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Seite 86 von Edward Gibbon - 1805 Vollansicht -
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