The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1R. Priestley, ... J. Offor, ... W.H. Reid, ... Priestley and Weale, ... M. Doyle, ... and D.A. Talboys, Oxford, 1821 |
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Side vii
... served rather to irritate than to appease my curiosity ; and as soon as I returned to Bath , I procured the second and third volumes of Howel's History of the World , which ex- hibited the Byzantine period on a larger scale . Mahomet ...
... served rather to irritate than to appease my curiosity ; and as soon as I returned to Bath , I procured the second and third volumes of Howel's History of the World , which ex- hibited the Byzantine period on a larger scale . Mahomet ...
Side xvii
... served temper , I should long have continued a stranger in my native country , had I not been shaken in this various scene of new faces and new friends ; had not experience forced me to feel the characters of our leading men , the state ...
... served temper , I should long have continued a stranger in my native country , had I not been shaken in this various scene of new faces and new friends ; had not experience forced me to feel the characters of our leading men , the state ...
Side xxxvii
... serves the epithet of imperfect , I consider myself as con- tracting an engagement to finish , most probably in a second volume , * the first of these memorable periods ; and to de- liver to the public the complete History of the ...
... serves the epithet of imperfect , I consider myself as con- tracting an engagement to finish , most probably in a second volume , * the first of these memorable periods ; and to de- liver to the public the complete History of the ...
Side 10
... served to exercise the legions of the frontier , the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius offer the fair pros- pect of universal peace . The Roman name was revered . among the most remote nations of the earth . The fiercest barbarians ...
... served to exercise the legions of the frontier , the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus Pius offer the fair pros- pect of universal peace . The Roman name was revered . among the most remote nations of the earth . The fiercest barbarians ...
Side 22
... served the communication between Gaul and Britain , and a great number of vessels constantly maintained on the Rhine and Danube , to harass the country , or to inter- cept the passage of the barbarians . If we review this general state ...
... served the communication between Gaul and Britain , and a great number of vessels constantly maintained on the Rhine and Danube , to harass the country , or to inter- cept the passage of the barbarians . If we review this general state ...
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Side 93 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Side xxix - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Side 1 - In the second century of the Christian Era, the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth, and the most civilized portion of mankind.
Side xii - In the solitude of a sequestered village he bestowed a liberal and even learned education on his only daughter. She surpassed his hopes by her proficiency in the sciences and languages; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity; I saw and loved. I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in...
Side xxii - As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel, and the triumph of the Church, are inseparably connected with the decline of the Roman monarchy, I weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the narratives and apologies of the Christians themselves, with the glances of candour or enmity which the Pagans have cast on the rising sects.
Side 67 - This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.
Side viii - To the University of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother.
Side 36 - Atheist under the sacerdotal robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to .assume; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.
Side 91 - His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Side 60 - Such was the solid construction of the Roman highways, whose firmness has not entirely yielded to the effort of fifteen centuries. They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object had been to facilitate the marches of the legions ; nor was any country considered as completely subdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, pervious to the arms and authority of the conqueror.