The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side iii
... considered as wholly unin- teresting , it must , however , be admitted that , in point of utility , prominent features only are really worthy of being recorded . The biographer , in the present case , is provided with materials of the ...
... considered as wholly unin- teresting , it must , however , be admitted that , in point of utility , prominent features only are really worthy of being recorded . The biographer , in the present case , is provided with materials of the ...
Side xvi
... considered as my peculiar domain ; and I might say with truth , that I was never less alone than when by myself . My sole com- plaint , which I piously suppressed , arose from the kind restraint imposed on the freedom of my time . By ...
... considered as my peculiar domain ; and I might say with truth , that I was never less alone than when by myself . My sole com- plaint , which I piously suppressed , arose from the kind restraint imposed on the freedom of my time . By ...
Side xviii
... considered as es- sentially necessary to complete the education of an English gentleman , he now determined to travel , and succeeded in obtaining the consent of his father . From the duke de Nivernois , Mr. Walpole , lady Hervey , & c ...
... considered as es- sentially necessary to complete the education of an English gentleman , he now determined to travel , and succeeded in obtaining the consent of his father . From the duke de Nivernois , Mr. Walpole , lady Hervey , & c ...
Side xxii
... considered as a full and capacious repository of the political state of the empire in the fourth and fifth centuries . As I believed , and as I still believe , that the propagation of the gospel , and the triumph of the church , are ...
... considered as a full and capacious repository of the political state of the empire in the fourth and fifth centuries . As I believed , and as I still believe , that the propagation of the gospel , and the triumph of the church , are ...
Side xxxi
... considered that point with great care , and cannot help thinking still that my opinion was well founded . I shall consult the authorities to which I refer ; for when my sentiments differ from yours , I have some reason to distrust them ...
... considered that point with great care , and cannot help thinking still that my opinion was well founded . I shall consult the authorities to which I refer ; for when my sentiments differ from yours , I have some reason to distrust them ...
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