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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... preserved, and experience simplified, the humble practice of the arts: society was enriched by the division of labour and the facility of exchange; and every Roman was lodged, clothed, and subsisted, by the industry of a thousand hands ...
... preserved, and experience simplified, the humble practice of the arts: society was enriched by the division of labour and the facility of exchange; and every Roman was lodged, clothed, and subsisted, by the industry of a thousand hands ...
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... preserved with decent reverence. The Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. [A.D. 98-180.] During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the ...
... preserved with decent reverence. The Roman senate appeared to possess the sovereign authority, and devolved on the emperors all the executive powers of government. [A.D. 98-180.] During a happy period of more than fourscore years, the ...
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... preserved in the northern extremity of the island their wild independence, for which they were not less indebted to their poverty than to their valour. Their incursions were frequently repelled and chastised; but their country was never ...
... preserved in the northern extremity of the island their wild independence, for which they were not less indebted to their poverty than to their valour. Their incursions were frequently repelled and chastised; but their country was never ...
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... preserved peace by a constant preparation for war; and while justice regulated their they announced to the nations on their confines, that they were as little disposed to endure, as to offer an injury. The military strength, which it ...
... preserved peace by a constant preparation for war; and while justice regulated their they announced to the nations on their confines, that they were as little disposed to endure, as to offer an injury. The military strength, which it ...
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... preserved a military spirit, at a time when every other virtue was oppressed by luxury and despotism If, in the consideration of their armies, we pass from their discipline to their numbers, we shall not find it easy to define them with ...
... preserved a military spirit, at a time when every other virtue was oppressed by luxury and despotism If, in the consideration of their armies, we pass from their discipline to their numbers, we shall not find it easy to define them with ...
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CHAPTER XV | |
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CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
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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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