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... observed , in pathetic language , that the scattered flock was left without a fhepherd to wander on the mountains , or to be devoured by rapacious wolves . But , as their zeal , instead of being fubdued , derived ftrength and vigour ...
... observed , in pathetic language , that the scattered flock was left without a fhepherd to wander on the mountains , or to be devoured by rapacious wolves . But , as their zeal , instead of being fubdued , derived ftrength and vigour ...
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... observed , that whenever he perufed the cruel acts of Cinna , of Marius , or of Sylla , he warmly expressed his generous deteftation of those enemies of humanity and freedom . His difinterested opinion of past events was usefully ...
... observed , that whenever he perufed the cruel acts of Cinna , of Marius , or of Sylla , he warmly expressed his generous deteftation of those enemies of humanity and freedom . His difinterested opinion of past events was usefully ...
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... observe the laws of the emperor and of the empire ; and a folemn offering of wine and incenfe was the or- dinary prelude of their public deliberations " . The removal of this ancient monument was the only injury which Conftantius had ...
... observe the laws of the emperor and of the empire ; and a folemn offering of wine and incenfe was the or- dinary prelude of their public deliberations " . The removal of this ancient monument was the only injury which Conftantius had ...
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... observed even in the first generations which adopted and cherished this pernicious innovation . lous mar- I. The fatisfactory experience , that the relics I. Fabu- of faints were more valuable than gold or precious tyrs and ftones ...
... observed even in the first generations which adopted and cherished this pernicious innovation . lous mar- I. The fatisfactory experience , that the relics I. Fabu- of faints were more valuable than gold or precious tyrs and ftones ...
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... observed , that the inhuman purchasers , inftead of reaping the fruits of their labour , were foon obliged to provide the expence of their interment . Stilicho informed the emperor and the fenate of his fuccefs ; and deferved , a fecond ...
... observed , that the inhuman purchasers , inftead of reaping the fruits of their labour , were foon obliged to provide the expence of their interment . Stilicho informed the emperor and the fenate of his fuccefs ; and deferved , a fecond ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1827 |
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