The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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Side vii
... affects an ostentatiously severe impartiality ; notes all the faults . of Christians in every age with bitter and almost malignant sarcasm ; reluctantly , and with exception and reservation , admits their claim to ad . miration . This ...
... affects an ostentatiously severe impartiality ; notes all the faults . of Christians in every age with bitter and almost malignant sarcasm ; reluctantly , and with exception and reservation , admits their claim to ad . miration . This ...
Side 17
... affected moderation of the emperors , they permitted themselves to despise , and sometimes to forget , the outlying countries which had been left in the enjoyment of a bar- barous independence ; and they gradually usurped the license of ...
... affected moderation of the emperors , they permitted themselves to despise , and sometimes to forget , the outlying countries which had been left in the enjoyment of a bar- barous independence ; and they gradually usurped the license of ...
Side 24
... affected to despise the unpolished manners of the Roman conquerors , while they were compelled to respect their superior wisdom and power . ( 4 ) Nor was the influence of the Grecian language and sentiments confined to the narrow limits ...
... affected to despise the unpolished manners of the Roman conquerors , while they were compelled to respect their superior wisdom and power . ( 4 ) Nor was the influence of the Grecian language and sentiments confined to the narrow limits ...
Side 29
... affected to display their magnificence . The golden palace of Nero excited a just indignation , but the vast extent of ground which had been usurped by his selfish luxury , was more nobly filled under the succeeding reigns by the ...
... affected to display their magnificence . The golden palace of Nero excited a just indignation , but the vast extent of ground which had been usurped by his selfish luxury , was more nobly filled under the succeeding reigns by the ...
Side 37
... affected . It was dangerous to trust the sincerity of Augus- tus ; to seem to distrust it , was still more dangerous . The respective advan- tages of monarchy and a republic have often divided speculative inquirers ; the present ...
... affected . It was dangerous to trust the sincerity of Augus- tus ; to seem to distrust it , was still more dangerous . The respective advan- tages of monarchy and a republic have often divided speculative inquirers ; the present ...
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