The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... passion', which has not survived, but in which Gibbon tells us that he 'privately drew [his] conclusions from the silence of an unbelieving age' (A, p.285). The Historian of the Roman Empire Gibbon's father died on 12 November 1770, his ...
... passion', which has not survived, but in which Gibbon tells us that he 'privately drew [his] conclusions from the silence of an unbelieving age' (A, p.285). The Historian of the Roman Empire Gibbon's father died on 12 November 1770, his ...
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... passions, appetites and faculties were nourished by religious belief, and which did it pervert or stifle? And to which passions, appetites and faculties was it indebted for its origin? As we shall see, there are good grounds for ...
... passions, appetites and faculties were nourished by religious belief, and which did it pervert or stifle? And to which passions, appetites and faculties was it indebted for its origin? As we shall see, there are good grounds for ...
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... passions of barbarians. [Excercises.] And yet so sensible were the Romans of the imperfection of valour without skill and practice, that, in their language, the name of an army was borrowed from the word which signified exercise.36 ...
... passions of barbarians. [Excercises.] And yet so sensible were the Romans of the imperfection of valour without skill and practice, that, in their language, the name of an army was borrowed from the word which signified exercise.36 ...
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... passions of his soul were curiosity and vanity. As they prevailed, and as they were attracted by different objects, Hadrian was, by turns, an excellent prince, a ridiculous sophist, and a jealous tyrant. The general tenor of his conduct ...
... passions of his soul were curiosity and vanity. As they prevailed, and as they were attracted by different objects, Hadrian was, by turns, an excellent prince, a ridiculous sophist, and a jealous tyrant. The general tenor of his conduct ...
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... passion was either gratified or disappointed, he resolved to deserve the thanks of posterity, by placing the most exalted merit on the Roman throne. His discerning eye easily discovered a senator about fifty years of age, blameless in ...
... passion was either gratified or disappointed, he resolved to deserve the thanks of posterity, by placing the most exalted merit on the Roman throne. His discerning eye easily discovered a senator about fifty years of age, blameless in ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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