The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side xxxi
... authorities to which I refer ; for when my sentiments differ from yours , I have some reason to distrust them , and I may possibly trouble you with a letter on the subject . I am much flattered with the manner in which you have so often ...
... authorities to which I refer ; for when my sentiments differ from yours , I have some reason to distrust them , and I may possibly trouble you with a letter on the subject . I am much flattered with the manner in which you have so often ...
Side 1
... authority , and de- volved on the emperors all the executive powers of go- vernment . During a happy period of more than 98-180 . fourscore years , the public administration was conducted by the virtues and abilities of Nerva , Trajan ...
... authority , and de- volved on the emperors all the executive powers of go- vernment . During a happy period of more than 98-180 . fourscore years , the public administration was conducted by the virtues and abilities of Nerva , Trajan ...
Side 8
... authority of the emperor Hadrian . The resignation of all the eastern conquests of Trajan was the first measure of his reign . He restored to the Parthians the election of an independent sovereign , withdrew the Roman gar- risons from ...
... authority of the emperor Hadrian . The resignation of all the eastern conquests of Trajan was the first measure of his reign . He restored to the Parthians the election of an independent sovereign , withdrew the Roman gar- risons from ...
Side 33
... authority ; but the general principle of government was wise , simple , and beneficent . They enjoyed the reli- gion of their ancestors , whilst in civil honours and advantages they were exalted , by just degrees , to an equality with ...
... authority ; but the general principle of government was wise , simple , and beneficent . They enjoyed the reli- gion of their ancestors , whilst in civil honours and advantages they were exalted , by just degrees , to an equality with ...
Side 42
... authority was every where ex- ercised by the ministers of the senate and of the em- perors , and that authority was absolute , and without control . But the same salutary maxims of government , which had secured the peace and obedience ...
... authority was every where ex- ercised by the ministers of the senate and of the em- perors , and that authority was absolute , and without control . But the same salutary maxims of government , which had secured the peace and obedience ...
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