The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1Alex. Murray & Son, 1869 |
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Side 34
... 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 ...
Side 35
... celebrated by the fancy of poets ; but which is now diffused over the immense ocean that rolls between the ancient and the new continent.2 Having now finished the circuit of the Roman empire , we may observe , that Africa is divided ...
... celebrated by the fancy of poets ; but which is now diffused over the immense ocean that rolls between the ancient and the new continent.2 Having now finished the circuit of the Roman empire , we may observe , that Africa is divided ...
Side 44
... celebrated country . Their empire , by the progress of colonies and conquest , had been diffused from the Hadriatic to the Euphrates and the Nile . Asia was covered with Greek cities , and the long reign of the Macedonian kings had ...
... celebrated country . Their empire , by the progress of colonies and conquest , had been diffused from the Hadriatic to the Euphrates and the Nile . Asia was covered with Greek cities , and the long reign of the Macedonian kings had ...
Side 49
... celebrated orator according to the useless rhetoric of that age , which , confining itself to the schools , disdained to visit either the Forum or the Senate . He was honoured with the consulship at Rome ; but the greatest part of his ...
... celebrated orator according to the useless rhetoric of that age , which , confining itself to the schools , disdained to visit either the Forum or the Senate . He was honoured with the consulship at Rome ; but the greatest part of his ...
Side 50
... Ricardi at Florence . Two celebrated pictures of Timanthes and of Protogenes are mentioned by Pliny , as in the Temple of Peace ; and the Laocoon was found in the baths of Titus . our peculiar attention . The boldness of the enterprise ,
... Ricardi at Florence . Two celebrated pictures of Timanthes and of Protogenes are mentioned by Pliny , as in the Temple of Peace ; and the Laocoon was found in the baths of Titus . our peculiar attention . The boldness of the enterprise ,
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