The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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... merits which an historical writer may ascribe to himself ; if any merit indeed can be assumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed to say , that I have carefully examined all the original materials ...
... merits which an historical writer may ascribe to himself ; if any merit indeed can be assumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed to say , that I have carefully examined all the original materials ...
Side xiii
... merit of the choice would serve to render the weakness of the execu- tion still more apparent , and still less excusable . But as I have presumed to lay before the Public a first volume only * of the History of the Decline and Fall of ...
... merit of the choice would serve to render the weakness of the execu- tion still more apparent , and still less excusable . But as I have presumed to lay before the Public a first volume only * of the History of the Decline and Fall of ...
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... Merit of the Tyrants ...... ib . Their obscure Birth ...... His Treatment of Tetricus and Zenobia ... 176 His Magnificence and Devotion ... ib He suppresses a Sedition at Rome ........ 177 Observations upon it ......... Cruelty of ...
... Merit of the Tyrants ...... ib . Their obscure Birth ...... His Treatment of Tetricus and Zenobia ... 176 His Magnificence and Devotion ... ib He suppresses a Sedition at Rome ........ 177 Observations upon it ......... Cruelty of ...
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... merit , excepting that of likeness to the original . The verses of Pope accustomed my ear to the sound of poetic harmony . In the death of Hector , and the shipwreck of Ulysses , I tasted the new emotions of terror and pity ; and ...
... merit , excepting that of likeness to the original . The verses of Pope accustomed my ear to the sound of poetic harmony . In the death of Hector , and the shipwreck of Ulysses , I tasted the new emotions of terror and pity ; and ...
Side 9
... merits of a professor and a veteran , The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion , gave me a clearer notion of the ... merit : in some I met with good dinners ; in others , societies for the evening ; and in all , good sense ...
... merits of a professor and a veteran , The discipline and evolutions of a modern battalion , gave me a clearer notion of the ... merit : in some I met with good dinners ; in others , societies for the evening ; and in all , good sense ...
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