The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side x
... formed the resolution of sending him to Lausanne , in Switzerland . On his arrival there he was placed under the roof and tuition of M. Pavilliard , a minister of Calvinistic sentiments . The state of his mind , upon this occasion , is ...
... formed the resolution of sending him to Lausanne , in Switzerland . On his arrival there he was placed under the roof and tuition of M. Pavilliard , a minister of Calvinistic sentiments . The state of his mind , upon this occasion , is ...
Side xiv
... formed at Lausanne , induced me to seek a more elegant and rational society ; and if my search was less easy and successful than I might have hoped , I shall at present im- pute the failure to the disadvantages of my situation and ...
... formed at Lausanne , induced me to seek a more elegant and rational society ; and if my search was less easy and successful than I might have hoped , I shall at present im- pute the failure to the disadvantages of my situation and ...
Side xxv
Edward Gibbon. was assailed by such a potent adversary . The opinion he formed of the controversy , and his opponents , shall be given in his own words . " Had I believed that the majority of English readers were so fondly attached even ...
Edward Gibbon. was assailed by such a potent adversary . The opinion he formed of the controversy , and his opponents , shall be given in his own words . " Had I believed that the majority of English readers were so fondly attached even ...
Side 4
... formed any exception to the general sys- tem of continental measures . After a war of about forty years , undertaken by the most stupid , maintained by the most dissolute , and terminated by the most timid , of all the emperors , the ...
... formed any exception to the general sys- tem of continental measures . After a war of about forty years , undertaken by the most stupid , maintained by the most dissolute , and terminated by the most timid , of all the emperors , the ...
Side 6
... formed a second exception to the precept of Augustus , was about thirteen hundred miles in circumference . Its natural boundaries were the Niester , the Teyss , or Tibiscus , the Lower Danube , and the Euxine - sea . The vestiges of a ...
... formed a second exception to the precept of Augustus , was about thirteen hundred miles in circumference . Its natural boundaries were the Niester , the Teyss , or Tibiscus , the Lower Danube , and the Euxine - sea . The vestiges of a ...
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