The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 sider |
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Side 5
... Greek emperors , command the narrowest part of the channel , in a place where the oppofite banks advance within five hundred paces of each other . These fortreffes were restored and ftrengthened by Mahomet the Second , when he meditated ...
... Greek emperors , command the narrowest part of the channel , in a place where the oppofite banks advance within five hundred paces of each other . These fortreffes were restored and ftrengthened by Mahomet the Second , when he meditated ...
Side 13
... Greek ( about fourteen Roman ) miles for the circumference of his native city Such an extent may feem not unworthy of an Imperial refidence . Yet Conftantinople must yield to Babylon and Thebes " , to ancient Rome , to London , and even ...
... Greek ( about fourteen Roman ) miles for the circumference of his native city Such an extent may feem not unworthy of an Imperial refidence . Yet Conftantinople must yield to Babylon and Thebes " , to ancient Rome , to London , and even ...
Side 50
... Greek and Roman repub- lics , whofe characters could adapt themselves to the bar , the fenate , the camp , or the schools , had learned to write , to speak , and to act with the fame fpirit , and with equal abilities . Beven mi- nifters ...
... Greek and Roman repub- lics , whofe characters could adapt themselves to the bar , the fenate , the camp , or the schools , had learned to write , to speak , and to act with the fame fpirit , and with equal abilities . Beven mi- nifters ...
Side 52
... Greek language ; and interpreters were appointed to receive the ambaffadors of the Barbarians : but the department of foreign affairs , which conftitutes fo effential a part of modern po- licy , feldom diverted the attention of the ...
... Greek language ; and interpreters were appointed to receive the ambaffadors of the Barbarians : but the department of foreign affairs , which conftitutes fo effential a part of modern po- licy , feldom diverted the attention of the ...
Side 146
... Greek philofopher for the military habit of a Roman prince , amused , during a few days , the levity of the Imperial court The emperors of the age of Conftantine no longer deigned to confult with the fenate in the choice of a colleague ...
... Greek philofopher for the military habit of a Roman prince , amused , during a few days , the levity of the Imperial court The emperors of the age of Conftantine no longer deigned to confult with the fenate in the choice of a colleague ...
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