The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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Side 4
... laws of war ; the enjoyment of beauty was the reward of valour ; and the Greeks could not reasonably complain of an abuse , which was justified by ( 8 ) In obedience to Jerom , and Claudian ( in Rufin . 1. ii . 191. ) , I have mixed ...
... laws of war ; the enjoyment of beauty was the reward of valour ; and the Greeks could not reasonably complain of an abuse , which was justified by ( 8 ) In obedience to Jerom , and Claudian ( in Rufin . 1. ii . 191. ) , I have mixed ...
Side 5
... laws of Lycurgus , even in the last stage of decay . ( 14 ) Such , perhaps , as Homer ( Iliad , xx . 164. ) had so nobly painted him . ( 15 ) Eunapius ( in Vit . Philosoph . p . 90-93 . ) intimates that a troop of monks betrayed Greece ...
... laws of Lycurgus , even in the last stage of decay . ( 14 ) Such , perhaps , as Homer ( Iliad , xx . 164. ) had so nobly painted him . ( 15 ) Eunapius ( in Vit . Philosoph . p . 90-93 . ) intimates that a troop of monks betrayed Greece ...
Side 7
... laws , were more anxious to acquire the riches , than to imitate the arts , of a people , the object of their contempt and hatred ; and the power of the Goths was the stone of Tantalus , perpetually suspended over the peace and safety ...
... laws , were more anxious to acquire the riches , than to imitate the arts , of a people , the object of their contempt and hatred ; and the power of the Goths was the stone of Tantalus , perpetually suspended over the peace and safety ...
Side 17
... law expressed the wishes of the prince , without reforming an inveterate abuse , which degrade a civilised nation ... laws of Honorius , which abolished for ever the human sacrifices of the amphitheatre . * The citizens , who adhered ...
... law expressed the wishes of the prince , without reforming an inveterate abuse , which degrade a civilised nation ... laws of Honorius , which abolished for ever the human sacrifices of the amphitheatre . * The citizens , who adhered ...
Side 19
... laws and manners of the vanquished people , founded an Imperial dynasty , which reigned near one hundred and sixty years over the northern provinces of the monarchy . Some generations before they ascended the throne of China , one of ...
... laws and manners of the vanquished people , founded an Imperial dynasty , which reigned near one hundred and sixty years over the northern provinces of the monarchy . Some generations before they ascended the throne of China , one of ...
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