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Side 12
... equal proportion of gold and filver , five pieces of the for- mer , one pound of the latter ; the whole amounting to about five pounds ten fhillings of our money . 10 For the whole narrative of this revolt , we may appeal to au- thentic ...
... equal proportion of gold and filver , five pieces of the for- mer , one pound of the latter ; the whole amounting to about five pounds ten fhillings of our money . 10 For the whole narrative of this revolt , we may appeal to au- thentic ...
Side 44
... equal distance between the oppofite vices . The fplendid and effeminate drefs of the Afiatics , the curls and paint , the collars and bracelets , which had appeared fo ri- diculous in the perfon of Conftantine , were con- fiftently ...
... equal distance between the oppofite vices . The fplendid and effeminate drefs of the Afiatics , the curls and paint , the collars and bracelets , which had appeared fo ri- diculous in the perfon of Conftantine , were con- fiftently ...
Side 55
... equal diftribution of public du- ties , he restored the ftrength , the fplendour , or , according to the glowing expreffion of Liba- nius " , the foul of the expiring cities of his empire . The venerable age of Greece excited the most ...
... equal diftribution of public du- ties , he restored the ftrength , the fplendour , or , according to the glowing expreffion of Liba- nius " , the foul of the expiring cities of his empire . The venerable age of Greece excited the most ...
Side 62
... equal hand , the religious factions of the empire ; and to allay the theological fever which had in- flamed the minds of the people , from the edicts of Diocletian to the exile of Athanafius . A more accurate view of the character and ...
... equal hand , the religious factions of the empire ; and to allay the theological fever which had in- flamed the minds of the people , from the edicts of Diocletian to the exile of Athanafius . A more accurate view of the character and ...
Side 71
... equal right of stamping the name and figure the most agreeable to his peculiar fancy . The fable of Atys and Cybele had been already explained by Porphyry ; but his labours ferved only to animate the pious industry of Julian , who ...
... equal right of stamping the name and figure the most agreeable to his peculiar fancy . The fable of Atys and Cybele had been already explained by Porphyry ; but his labours ferved only to animate the pious industry of Julian , who ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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