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... was enforced by a lively sense of his personal injuries; and he might
speciously complain, that the Imperial ministers still delayed and eluded the
payment of the four thousand pounds of gold, which had been granted by the
Roman senate, ...
... was enforced by a lively sense of his personal injuries; and he might
speciously complain, that the Imperial ministers still delayed and eluded the
payment of the four thousand pounds of gold, which had been granted by the
Roman senate, ...
Side 19
pounds of gold, above one hundred, and sixty thousand pounds sterling; without
computing the stated provision of corn and wine, which, had they been sold,
might have equalled in value one-third of the money. Compared to this
immoderate ...
pounds of gold, above one hundred, and sixty thousand pounds sterling; without
computing the stated provision of corn and wine, which, had they been sold,
might have equalled in value one-third of the money. Compared to this
immoderate ...
Side 22
From a vain ambition of perpetuating their memory, they affect to multiply their
likeness in statues of bronze and marble; nor are they satisfied, unless those
statues are covered with plates of gold; an honorable distinction, first granted to
Acilius ...
From a vain ambition of perpetuating their memory, they affect to multiply their
likeness in statues of bronze and marble; nor are they satisfied, unless those
statues are covered with plates of gold; an honorable distinction, first granted to
Acilius ...
Side 25
... baskets of provisions were afterwards converted into large pieces of gold and
silver coin, or plate, which were mutually given and accepted even by persons of
the highest rank (see Symmach. epist. iv. & ix. 124, and Miscell. p. 256), on ...
... baskets of provisions were afterwards converted into large pieces of gold and
silver coin, or plate, which were mutually given and accepted even by persons of
the highest rank (see Symmach. epist. iv. & ix. 124, and Miscell. p. 256), on ...
Side 29
According to a law of Theodosius, which appreciates in money the military
allowance, a F. of gold (eleven shillings) was equivalent to eighty pounds of
bacon, or to eighty pounds of oil, or to twelve modii (or pecks) of salt, (Cod. Theod
. i. iii. it.
According to a law of Theodosius, which appreciates in money the military
allowance, a F. of gold (eleven shillings) was equivalent to eighty pounds of
bacon, or to eighty pounds of oil, or to twelve modii (or pecks) of salt, (Cod. Theod
. i. iii. it.
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Brukerevaluering - Smiley - LibraryThingGibbon's third volume of The Decline and Fall seems to stray from the purpose stated in volume one. I think he just got carried away by the sweep of history. The melodious style and easy learning are still present but I was suffering from Gibbon fatigue by the third volume and we were off course. Les hele vurderingen
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