The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. M'Gowan, 1825 |
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Side xxiii
... seems to me that your countrymen , for almost a whole generation , have given themselves up to barbarous and absurd faction , and have totally neglected all polite letters , I no longer ex- pected any valuable production ever to come ...
... seems to me that your countrymen , for almost a whole generation , have given themselves up to barbarous and absurd faction , and have totally neglected all polite letters , I no longer ex- pected any valuable production ever to come ...
Side xxxiv
... seems impelled by a desire to inflict a mortal wound , unknowing that , in this instance at least , the seat of ... seem to revenge some personal injury . " The account of our historian's conversion χχχίν SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
... seems impelled by a desire to inflict a mortal wound , unknowing that , in this instance at least , the seat of ... seem to revenge some personal injury . " The account of our historian's conversion χχχίν SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE .
Side xxxvii
... seem , is the most agreeable occupation of my leisure hours . Bentinck Street , March 1 , 1781 . An author easily persuades himself that the public opi- nion is still favourable to his labours ; and I have now em- braced the serious ...
... seem , is the most agreeable occupation of my leisure hours . Bentinck Street , March 1 , 1781 . An author easily persuades himself that the public opi- nion is still favourable to his labours ; and I have now em- braced the serious ...
Side 3
... seem- ed to yield to the weight of the Roman power , they soon , by a signal act of despair , regained their independence , and reminded Augustus of the vicissitude of fortune . " On the death of that emperor , his testament was ...
... seem- ed to yield to the weight of the Roman power , they soon , by a signal act of despair , regained their independence , and reminded Augustus of the vicissitude of fortune . " On the death of that emperor , his testament was ...
Side 6
... seems founded on facts . • Dion Cassius , 1. 67 . P Herodotus , 1. 4. c . 94 . r Julian in the Cæsars , with Spanheim's observations . a Plin . Epist . 8.9 . r Dion Cassius , l . 68. p . 1123-1131 . Julian in Cæsaribus . Eutropius , 8 ...
... seems founded on facts . • Dion Cassius , 1. 67 . P Herodotus , 1. 4. c . 94 . r Julian in the Cæsars , with Spanheim's observations . a Plin . Epist . 8.9 . r Dion Cassius , l . 68. p . 1123-1131 . Julian in Cæsaribus . Eutropius , 8 ...
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