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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... supply more vigour and resolution, than the sedentary trades which are employed in the service of luxury.32 After every qualification of property had been laid aside, the armies of the Roman emperors were still commanded, for the most ...
... supply more vigour and resolution, than the sedentary trades which are employed in the service of luxury.32 After every qualification of property had been laid aside, the armies of the Roman emperors were still commanded, for the most ...
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... supply that defect by other motives, of a different, but not less forcible nature; honour and religion. The peasant, or mechanic, imbibed the useful prejudice that he was advanced to the more dignified profession of arms, in which his ...
... supply that defect by other motives, of a different, but not less forcible nature; honour and religion. The peasant, or mechanic, imbibed the useful prejudice that he was advanced to the more dignified profession of arms, in which his ...
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... supplies flowed with much less abundance, and the Romans were reduced to the milder but more tedious method of propagation. In their numerous families, and particularly in their country estates, they encouraged the marriage of their ...
... supplies flowed with much less abundance, and the Romans were reduced to the milder but more tedious method of propagation. In their numerous families, and particularly in their country estates, they encouraged the marriage of their ...
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... supply their deficiencies, to direct their taste, and sometimes to moderate their emulation.66 The opulent senators of Rome and the provinces esteemed it an honour, and almost an obligation, to adorn the splendour of their age and ...
... supply their deficiencies, to direct their taste, and sometimes to moderate their emulation.66 The opulent senators of Rome and the provinces esteemed it an honour, and almost an obligation, to adorn the splendour of their age and ...
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... supplies of a perennial stream of fresh water.73 [Number and greatness of the cities of the empire.] We have computed the inhabitants, and contemplated the public works, of the Roman empire. The observation of the number and greatness ...
... supplies of a perennial stream of fresh water.73 [Number and greatness of the cities of the empire.] We have computed the inhabitants, and contemplated the public works, of the Roman empire. The observation of the number and greatness ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
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 - 1827 |
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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