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Side vi
... never left any , nor neglected any in changes of fortune . A new edition of this valuable history is now offered in a convenient form , and rendered as complete as possible by addi- tional notes . Since the time of Gibbon , new light ...
... never left any , nor neglected any in changes of fortune . A new edition of this valuable history is now offered in a convenient form , and rendered as complete as possible by addi- tional notes . Since the time of Gibbon , new light ...
Side ix
... never point out his mistakes nor contest his views , but with the respect due to superior merit . My labours have required that I should consult the writings of philosophers who have discussed the financial resources of the Roman empire ...
... never point out his mistakes nor contest his views , but with the respect due to superior merit . My labours have required that I should consult the writings of philosophers who have discussed the financial resources of the Roman empire ...
Side x
... never darkened by the mists which time gathers round the dead . He saw that man is ever the same , whether arrayed in the toga or in the dress of to - day , whether deliberating in the senate of old , or at the modern council - board ...
... never darkened by the mists which time gathers round the dead . He saw that man is ever the same , whether arrayed in the toga or in the dress of to - day , whether deliberating in the senate of old , or at the modern council - board ...
Side xii
... never given this to the world . Ignorant of his death , I addressed a letter to him , requesting that it might be intrusted to me .. His son Remarks on the two last chapters of the first volume of Mr. Gibbon's History , by J. Chelsum ...
... never given this to the world . Ignorant of his death , I addressed a letter to him , requesting that it might be intrusted to me .. His son Remarks on the two last chapters of the first volume of Mr. Gibbon's History , by J. Chelsum ...
Side xiv
... never could have exe- cuted my plan , and that I should honour the learned whose co- operation , as I may say , inspired me with some confidence in myself . It still remains for me to acknowledge how much I owe to the advice of one ...
... never could have exe- cuted my plan , and that I should honour the learned whose co- operation , as I may say , inspired me with some confidence in myself . It still remains for me to acknowledge how much I owe to the advice of one ...
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