The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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... celebrated professor Porson , commenting on the character of Mr. Gibbon , justly ob- serves : " he often makes , where he cannot readily find , an occasion to insult our religion , which he hates so cordially , that he might seem to ...
... celebrated professor Porson , commenting on the character of Mr. Gibbon , justly ob- serves : " he often makes , where he cannot readily find , an occasion to insult our religion , which he hates so cordially , that he might seem to ...
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... celebrated colony of Lugdunum , or Lyons . The Belgic lay beyond the Seine , and in more ancient times had been bounded only by the Rhine ; but a little before the age of Cæsar , the Germans , abusing their superiority of valour , had ...
... celebrated colony of Lugdunum , or Lyons . The Belgic lay beyond the Seine , and in more ancient times had been bounded only by the Rhine ; but a little before the age of Cæsar , the Germans , abusing their superiority of valour , had ...
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... celebrated ground the first consuls deserved triumphs ; their successors adorned villas , and their posterity have erected convents . ( 3 ) Capua and Campa- nia possessed the immediate territory of Naples ; the rest of the king- dom was ...
... celebrated ground the first consuls deserved triumphs ; their successors adorned villas , and their posterity have erected convents . ( 3 ) Capua and Campa- nia possessed the immediate territory of Naples ; the rest of the king- dom was ...
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... celebrated kingdom is included within the immense peninsula of Africa ; but it is accessible only on the side of Asia , whose revolutions , in almost every period of history , Egypt has humbly obeyed . A Roman præfect was seated on the ...
... celebrated kingdom is included within the immense peninsula of Africa ; but it is accessible only on the side of Asia , whose revolutions , in almost every period of history , Egypt has humbly obeyed . A Roman præfect was seated on the ...
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... celebrated schools , the Stoics and the Pla- tonists endeavoured to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety . They have left us the most sublime proofs of the existence and perfections of the first cause ; but , as it was ...
... celebrated schools , the Stoics and the Pla- tonists endeavoured to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety . They have left us the most sublime proofs of the existence and perfections of the first cause ; but , as it was ...
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