The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side vi
... favour her mysterious ener- gies : my constitution was fortified and fixed ; and my dis- orders , instead of growing with my growth , and strengthen- ing with my strength , most wonderfully vanished . - My unexpected recovery again ...
... favour her mysterious ener- gies : my constitution was fortified and fixed ; and my dis- orders , instead of growing with my growth , and strengthen- ing with my strength , most wonderfully vanished . - My unexpected recovery again ...
Side xviii
... favour of Greek , and to it he gave a vigorous application . But , whatever might be the nature of his studies , the object he had in view was invariably the same - from early youth he aspired to the character of an historian ! The tour ...
... favour of Greek , and to it he gave a vigorous application . But , whatever might be the nature of his studies , the object he had in view was invariably the same - from early youth he aspired to the character of an historian ! The tour ...
Side xxi
... favour of the latter . " A plan was accordingly conceived and digested , and in a short time the first book was completed , and submitted to the examina- tion of a society of foreigners in London : their decision was unfavourable to his ...
... favour of the latter . " A plan was accordingly conceived and digested , and in a short time the first book was completed , and submitted to the examina- tion of a society of foreigners in London : their decision was unfavourable to his ...
Side 8
... favour- able inference was drawn from his obstinacy , which was interpreted by the augurs as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede . " During many ages , the prediction , as it is usual , contri- buted ...
... favour- able inference was drawn from his obstinacy , which was interpreted by the augurs as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede . " During many ages , the prediction , as it is usual , contri- buted ...
Side 43
... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , assumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those of- fices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the principal families . Those of the provincials who ...
... favour . The magistrates only , at the expiration of their office , assumed the quality of Roman citizens ; but as those of- fices were annual , in a few years they circulated round the principal families . Those of the provincials who ...
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