The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3H. T. Coates, 1900 |
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... perhaps , of the glory of their ancestors.1 12 In the time of Jerom and Claudian , the senators unani- mously yielded the preeminence to the Anician line ; and a slight view of their history will serve to appreciate the rank and ...
... perhaps , of the glory of their ancestors.1 12 In the time of Jerom and Claudian , the senators unani- mously yielded the preeminence to the Anician line ; and a slight view of their history will serve to appreciate the rank and ...
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... perhaps an unfaithful , steward.30 The opulent nobles of an immense capital , who were never excited by the pursuit of military glory , and seldom engaged in the occupations of civil government , naturally resigned their leisure to the ...
... perhaps an unfaithful , steward.30 The opulent nobles of an immense capital , who were never excited by the pursuit of military glory , and seldom engaged in the occupations of civil government , naturally resigned their leisure to the ...
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... perhaps , the rent - roll of the estates which they possess in all the provinces , from the rising to the setting sun , provokes the just resentment of every man , who recollects , that their poor and invincible ancestors were not ...
... perhaps , the rent - roll of the estates which they possess in all the provinces , from the rising to the setting sun , provokes the just resentment of every man , who recollects , that their poor and invincible ancestors were not ...
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... was his object , as well as that of the Gracchi ( see Plutarch ) , to deplore , and perhaps to exaggerate , the misery of the common people . spise their fellow - subjects , and even their sovereigns 28 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... was his object , as well as that of the Gracchi ( see Plutarch ) , to deplore , and perhaps to exaggerate , the misery of the common people . spise their fellow - subjects , and even their sovereigns 28 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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... Perhaps in the person of Serena , the Romans might have respected the niece of Theodosius , the aunt , nay , even the adoptive mother , of the reigning emperor : but they abhorred the widow of Stili- cho ; and they listened with ...
... Perhaps in the person of Serena , the Romans might have respected the niece of Theodosius , the aunt , nay , even the adoptive mother , of the reigning emperor : but they abhorred the widow of Stili- cho ; and they listened with ...
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