The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 2T. Cadell, 1828 |
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... mankind consider them as founded , not · only in reason , but in nature itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles from private pro- perty to public dominion : and whenever a virtuous father leaves behind him a son ...
... mankind consider them as founded , not · only in reason , but in nature itself . Our imagination readily transfers the same principles from private pro- perty to public dominion : and whenever a virtuous father leaves behind him a son ...
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... mankind , instead of rejoicing in an in- crease of family , deemed it an act of paternal tender- ness to release their children from the impending miseries of a life which they themselves were unable to support . The humanity of ...
... mankind , instead of rejoicing in an in- crease of family , deemed it an act of paternal tender- ness to release their children from the impending miseries of a life which they themselves were unable to support . The humanity of ...
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... mankind . The most odious parts of this edict were softened or re- pealed in the subsequent reigns ; and even Constan- tine himself very frequently alleviated , by partial acts of mercy , the stern temper of his general insti- tutions ...
... mankind . The most odious parts of this edict were softened or re- pealed in the subsequent reigns ; and even Constan- tine himself very frequently alleviated , by partial acts of mercy , the stern temper of his general insti- tutions ...
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... mankind , as instru- ments to execute its purpose ; we may still be per- mitted , though with becoming submission , to ask , not indeed what were the first , but what were the secondary causes of the rapid growth of the Christian church ...
... mankind , as instru- ments to execute its purpose ; we may still be per- mitted , though with becoming submission , to ask , not indeed what were the first , but what were the secondary causes of the rapid growth of the Christian church ...
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... mankind . The Jews , who , under the Assyrian and Persian monarchies , had languished for many ages the most despised portion of their slaves , emerged from obscurity under the successors of Alexander ; and as they multiplied to a ...
... mankind . The Jews , who , under the Assyrian and Persian monarchies , had languished for many ages the most despised portion of their slaves , emerged from obscurity under the successors of Alexander ; and as they multiplied to a ...
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