 | Ralph Griffiths, G. E. Griffiths - 1782 - 588 sider
...fays he, which fivelled into an empire, may dee, as a ungular prodigy, the reflection of a philofophic mind. But the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatnefs. Profperity ripened the principle of decay ; the caufes of deftraftion multiplied with the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1826 - 486 sider
...serve to represent the nations and their kings, were successively broken by the iron monarchy of Rome*. The rise of a city, which swelled into an empire,...greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the * Sec Daniel, ii. 31—40. " And the fourth kingdom shall be strong as iron; " forasmuch as iron breaketh... | |
 | Dawson William Turner - 1861 - 124 sider
...to represent the nations and their kings, were successively broken by the iron monarchy of Rome. 1 The rise of a city which swelled into an empire, may deserve, as a singular prodigy, the reflections of a philosophic mind. But the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of... | |
 | Philip Schaff - 1869 - 1300 sider
...Observations on the Fall of the R. Empire in the West am 6*lujft ft« XXXVIII. Лар., too ei fogt: „The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable...greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay; the §.141. Sultan« eingriff auf bai Sbrifientbum. Bgt. bie 8¡ter. ju §. 136. Í)er lefcte birecte unb... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - 416 sider
...Ann. iv. c. 32, 33. Hist. iv. c. 54. FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE NOT SO SURPRISING AS ITS PERMANENCE. THE rise of a city which swelled into an empire may...the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable result of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay ; the causes of destruction... | |
 | John Young Sargent, T. F. Dallin - 1875 - 416 sider
...Ann. iv. c. 32, 33. Hist. iv. c. 54. FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE NOT SO SURPRISING AS ITS PERMANENCE. THE rise of a city which swelled into an empire may...singular prodigy, the reflection of a philosophic mind. Hut the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable result of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened... | |
 | Hodder Michael Westropp - 1881 - 56 sider
...the Antonines, to its total extinction in the west, about five centuries after the Christian era." "The rise of a city, which swelled into an empire,...immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decav ; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest ; and as soon as time or accident... | |
 | 1897 - 876 sider
...subdued. The old Roman life was corrupted by foreign elements, and debilitated by luxury. — Wheeler. V. The decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable...effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principles of decay ; the causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of conquest ; and as soon... | |
 | John Bennett Black - 1926 - 220 sider
...the-, operation of law rather than to a series of accidents. " The decline of Rome," he remarks, " was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate...causes of destruction multiplied with the extent of the conquest ; and as soon as time or accident had removed the artificial supports, the stupendous... | |
 | Michael W. Doyle - 1986 - 412 sider
...and politically integrated community made coercion exceptional rather than ordinary. Decline and Fall "The rise of a city, which swelled into an empire,...the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable product of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay: the causes of destruction... | |
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The rise of a city, which swelled into an empire, may deserve, as a singular prodigy, the reflection of a philosophic mind. But the decline of Rome was the natural and inevitable effect of immoderate greatness. Prosperity ripened the principle of decay... 
