The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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... writers or to more modern compilers . The inhe rent interest of the subject , the inexhaustible labour employed upon it ; the immense condensation of matter ; the luminous argument ; the gen . eral accuracy ; the style , which , however ...
... writers or to more modern compilers . The inhe rent interest of the subject , the inexhaustible labour employed upon it ; the immense condensation of matter ; the luminous argument ; the gen . eral accuracy ; the style , which , however ...
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... writers adhere almost en- tirely to chronological order ; the consequence is , that we are twenty times called upon ... writer has been f more severely tried on this point than Gibbon . PREFACE BY THE EDITOR . iii.
... writers adhere almost en- tirely to chronological order ; the consequence is , that we are twenty times called upon ... writer has been f more severely tried on this point than Gibbon . PREFACE BY THE EDITOR . iii.
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... writers of established fame . On the result of the trial we may be permitted to summon competent witnesses before we de . liver our own judgment . M. Guizot , in his preface , after stating that in France and Germany , as well as in ...
... writers of established fame . On the result of the trial we may be permitted to summon competent witnesses before we de . liver our own judgment . M. Guizot , in his preface , after stating that in France and Germany , as well as in ...
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... writers who were before in undisputed possession of this province of history . We are thus naturally led to that great misrepresentation which per- vades his history : his false estimate of the nature and influence of Chris- tianity ...
... writers who were before in undisputed possession of this province of history . We are thus naturally led to that great misrepresentation which per- vades his history : his false estimate of the nature and influence of Chris- tianity ...
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... writers , particularly from those of Armenia , as well as from more general sources . Many of his observations have been found as applicable to the work of Gibbon as to that of Le Beau . IV . The editor has consulted the various answers ...
... writers , particularly from those of Armenia , as well as from more general sources . Many of his observations have been found as applicable to the work of Gibbon as to that of Le Beau . IV . The editor has consulted the various answers ...
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