The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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Side iv
... modern Europe . This extraordinary re- volution , which fubjected Rome to the power of a Gothic conqueror , was com- pleted about the beginning of the fixth century . II . The fecond period of the Decline and Fall of Rome , may be ...
... modern Europe . This extraordinary re- volution , which fubjected Rome to the power of a Gothic conqueror , was com- pleted about the beginning of the fixth century . II . The fecond period of the Decline and Fall of Rome , may be ...
Side vi
... modern hiftory of the World ; but it would require many years of health of leifure , and of perfeverance . BENTINCK - STREET , February 1 , 1776 . The Author , as it frequently happens , took an inadequate measure of his growing work ...
... modern hiftory of the World ; but it would require many years of health of leifure , and of perfeverance . BENTINCK - STREET , February 1 , 1776 . The Author , as it frequently happens , took an inadequate measure of his growing work ...
Side 6
... modern cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow , was fixed as the limit of the Roman province . The native Caledonians pre- ferved in the northern extremity of the island their wild independence , for which they were not lefs indebted to their ...
... modern cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow , was fixed as the limit of the Roman province . The native Caledonians pre- ferved in the northern extremity of the island their wild independence , for which they were not lefs indebted to their ...
Side 7
... modern history , and the actual frontier of the Turkish and Ruffian empires 1 . СНАР . 1 . of Trajan in the east . Trajan was ambitious of fame ; and as long as Conquefts mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their ...
... modern history , and the actual frontier of the Turkish and Ruffian empires 1 . СНАР . 1 . of Trajan in the east . Trajan was ambitious of fame ; and as long as Conquefts mankind shall continue to bestow more liberal applause on their ...
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... modern Europe , were drawn from the meaneft , and very frequently from the most profligate , of mankind . " • That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotifm , is derived from a strong sense of our own intereft in ...
... modern Europe , were drawn from the meaneft , and very frequently from the most profligate , of mankind . " • That public virtue which among the ancients was denominated patriotifm , is derived from a strong sense of our own intereft in ...
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