The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3H. T. Coates, 1900 |
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... dignity ; a memora ble distinction , without example , in the annals of Rome.2 ? 21 23 " The marbles of the Anician palace , " were used as a proverbial expression of opulence and splendor ; 28 but the nobles and senators of Rome ...
... dignity ; a memora ble distinction , without example , in the annals of Rome.2 ? 21 23 " The marbles of the Anician palace , " were used as a proverbial expression of opulence and splendor ; 28 but the nobles and senators of Rome ...
Side 19
... dignity of the senatorian rank , which required many expenses of a public and ostentatious kind . Several examples are recorded , in the age of Honor- ius , of vain and popular nobles , who celebrated the year of their prætorship by a ...
... dignity of the senatorian rank , which required many expenses of a public and ostentatious kind . Several examples are recorded , in the age of Honor- ius , of vain and popular nobles , who celebrated the year of their prætorship by a ...
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... dignity , and of that of their country , assume an un- bounded license of vice and folly . They contend with each other in the empty vanity of titles and surnames ; and curiously select , or invent , the most lofty and sonorous ap ...
... dignity , and of that of their country , assume an un- bounded license of vice and folly . They contend with each other in the empty vanity of titles and surnames ; and curiously select , or invent , the most lofty and sonorous ap ...
Side 23
... dignity ; select from their private wardrobe of the finest linen , such as might suffice for a dozen persons , the garments the most agreeable to their fancy , and maintain till their departure the same haughty demeanor ; which perhaps ...
... dignity ; select from their private wardrobe of the finest linen , such as might suffice for a dozen persons , the garments the most agreeable to their fancy , and maintain till their departure the same haughty demeanor ; which perhaps ...
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... dignity is subdued by the hopes of an inheri tance , or even of a legacy ; and a wealthy childless citizen is the most powerful of the Romans . The art of obtaining the signature of a favorable testament , and sometimes of hastening the ...
... dignity is subdued by the hopes of an inheri tance , or even of a legacy ; and a wealthy childless citizen is the most powerful of the Romans . The art of obtaining the signature of a favorable testament , and sometimes of hastening the ...
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