The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireJ. J. Tourneisen, 1787 - 434 sider |
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... person , they were confidered as the fu- preme guardians of law , equity , and the public peace . Such was their ordinary jurifdiction ; but whenever the fenate empowered the firft magiftrate to confult the fafety of the commonwealth ...
... person , they were confidered as the fu- preme guardians of law , equity , and the public peace . Such was their ordinary jurifdiction ; but whenever the fenate empowered the firft magiftrate to confult the fafety of the commonwealth ...
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... person from the dagger of a determined republi- can ; and the Romans , who revered the memory of Brutus 27 would applaud the imitation of his virtue . Cæfar had provoked his fate , as much by the oftentation of his power , as by his ...
... person from the dagger of a determined republi- can ; and the Romans , who revered the memory of Brutus 27 would applaud the imitation of his virtue . Cæfar had provoked his fate , as much by the oftentation of his power , as by his ...
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... person of the tyrant , without aiming their blow at the authority of the emperor . There appears , indeed , one memorable occafion , in which the fenate , after feventy years of patience , made an ineffectual attempt to reaffume its ...
... person of the tyrant , without aiming their blow at the authority of the emperor . There appears , indeed , one memorable occafion , in which the fenate , after feventy years of patience , made an ineffectual attempt to reaffume its ...
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... person of Nero , the grandfon of Germanicus , and the lineal fucceffor of Auguftus . It was not without reluctance and remorse , that the Prætorian guards had been perfuaded to abandon the cause of the tyrant " . The rapid downfal of ...
... person of Nero , the grandfon of Germanicus , and the lineal fucceffor of Auguftus . It was not without reluctance and remorse , that the Prætorian guards had been perfuaded to abandon the cause of the tyrant " . The rapid downfal of ...
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... person of its first magistrate whose clemency they most applauded when they trembled the moft at his inexorable and impending cruelty " . The tyrant beheld their bafeness with juft contempt , and encountered their fecret fentiments of ...
... person of its first magistrate whose clemency they most applauded when they trembled the moft at his inexorable and impending cruelty " . The tyrant beheld their bafeness with juft contempt , and encountered their fecret fentiments of ...
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