The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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Side iii
... assuming the form of regular states and kingdoms , the real relation of those kingdoms to the empire is maintained and defined ; and even when the Roman dominion has shrunk into little more than the province of Thrace , when the name of ...
... assuming the form of regular states and kingdoms , the real relation of those kingdoms to the empire is maintained and defined ; and even when the Roman dominion has shrunk into little more than the province of Thrace , when the name of ...
Side viii
... assumed the proud name of philosophy , would have been blazoned in his brightest words , because they own religion as their prin- ciple , sink into narrow asceticism . The glories of Christianity , in short , touch on no chord in the ...
... assumed the proud name of philosophy , would have been blazoned in his brightest words , because they own religion as their prin- ciple , sink into narrow asceticism . The glories of Christianity , in short , touch on no chord in the ...
Side xi
... assumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed to say , that I have carefully examined all the original materials that could illustrate the subject which I had undertaken to treat . Should I ever ...
... assumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed to say , that I have carefully examined all the original materials that could illustrate the subject which I had undertaken to treat . Should I ever ...
Side 9
... assumed either its tranquillity or success , will now become the proper and important object of our attention . In the purer ages of the commonwealth , the use of arms was reserved for those ranks of citizens who had a country to love ...
... assumed either its tranquillity or success , will now become the proper and important object of our attention . In the purer ages of the commonwealth , the use of arms was reserved for those ranks of citizens who had a country to love ...
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... assumed the Sclavonian names of Croatia and Bosnia ; the former obeys an Austrian governor , the latter a Turkish pasha ; but the whole country is still infested by tribes of barbarians , whose savage independence irregularly marks the ...
... assumed the Sclavonian names of Croatia and Bosnia ; the former obeys an Austrian governor , the latter a Turkish pasha ; but the whole country is still infested by tribes of barbarians , whose savage independence irregularly marks the ...
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