The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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Side iii
... merit of the choice would ferve to render the weakness of the execution ftill more apparent , and still less excufable . But as I have prefumed to lay before the Public a first volume only of the History of the Decline and Fall of the ...
... merit of the choice would ferve to render the weakness of the execution ftill more apparent , and still less excufable . But as I have prefumed to lay before the Public a first volume only of the History of the Decline and Fall of the ...
Side vi
... measure of his growing work . The remainder of the firit period has filled two volumes in quarto , the four laft volumes of this octavo edition . ADVERTISEMENT . DILIGENCE and accuracy are the only merits which vi PREFACE .
... measure of his growing work . The remainder of the firit period has filled two volumes in quarto , the four laft volumes of this octavo edition . ADVERTISEMENT . DILIGENCE and accuracy are the only merits which vi PREFACE .
Side vii
Edward Gibbon. ADVERTISEMENT . DILIGENCE and accuracy are the only merits which an hiftorical writer may afcribe to himself ; if any merit indeed can be affumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed ...
Edward Gibbon. ADVERTISEMENT . DILIGENCE and accuracy are the only merits which an hiftorical writer may afcribe to himself ; if any merit indeed can be affumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed ...
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... Merit of the Tyrants 366 Their obfcure Birth 367 The Caufes of their Rebellion 368 Their violent Deaths ib . Fatal Confequences of thefe Ufurpations 369 Disorders of Sicily 371 Tumults of Alexandria 372 Rebellion of the Ifaurians 373 ...
... Merit of the Tyrants 366 Their obfcure Birth 367 The Caufes of their Rebellion 368 Their violent Deaths ib . Fatal Confequences of thefe Ufurpations 369 Disorders of Sicily 371 Tumults of Alexandria 372 Rebellion of the Ifaurians 373 ...
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... merit of Agricola foon occa- fioned his removal from the government of Britain ; and for ever difappointed this rational , though extensive scheme of conqueft . Before his departure , CHAP . 1 . CHAP . I. Conqueft of the prudent general ...
... merit of Agricola foon occa- fioned his removal from the government of Britain ; and for ever difappointed this rational , though extensive scheme of conqueft . Before his departure , CHAP . 1 . CHAP . I. Conqueft of the prudent general ...
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