The history of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, with notes by Milman and Guizot. Ed. by W. Smith, Volum 11854 |
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... success . Paley , with his intuitive sagacity , saw through the difficulty of answering Gibbon by the ordinary arts ... successes of barbarous energy and brute force call forth all the consummate skill of com- position ; while the moral ...
... success . Paley , with his intuitive sagacity , saw through the difficulty of answering Gibbon by the ordinary arts ... successes of barbarous energy and brute force call forth all the consummate skill of com- position ; while the moral ...
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... successful author has much more to lose than he can hope to gain ; that I am now descending into the vale of years ; and that the most respectable of my countrymen , the men whom I aspire to imitate , have resigned the pen of history ...
... successful author has much more to lose than he can hope to gain ; that I am now descending into the vale of years ; and that the most respectable of my countrymen , the men whom I aspire to imitate , have resigned the pen of history ...
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... Success of Severus against Niger and against Albinus 253 The Senate oppressed by mili- tary Despotism New Maxims of the Imperial Prerogative 261 · 262 • General Peace and Prosperity 259 Relaxation of military Disci- pline 263 ...
... Success of Severus against Niger and against Albinus 253 The Senate oppressed by mili- tary Despotism New Maxims of the Imperial Prerogative 261 · 262 • General Peace and Prosperity 259 Relaxation of military Disci- pline 263 ...
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... Success of Ode- nathus against Sapor Treatment of Valerian . The Causes of their Rebellion 411 Their violent Deaths Fatal Consequences of these Usurpations Disorders of Sicily 411 412 · 413 Tumults of Alexandria 413 404 Rebellion of the ...
... Success of Ode- nathus against Sapor Treatment of Valerian . The Causes of their Rebellion 411 Their violent Deaths Fatal Consequences of these Usurpations Disorders of Sicily 411 412 · 413 Tumults of Alexandria 413 404 Rebellion of the ...
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... successful work , I now propose to employ some moments of my leisure in reviewing the simple transactions of a private and literary life . Truth , naked , unblushing truth , the first virtue of more serious history , must be the sole ...
... successful work , I now propose to employ some moments of my leisure in reviewing the simple transactions of a private and literary life . Truth , naked , unblushing truth , the first virtue of more serious history , must be the sole ...
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Side 74 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October, 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the bare-footed friars were singing vespers in the Temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Side 97 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :"and Mr.
Side 204 - 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 viii - The secrets of the hoary deep; a dark Illimitable ocean, without bound, Without dimension, where length, breadth, and height, And time, and place, are lost; where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy, amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand.
Side 153 - The various modes of worship which prevailed in the Roman world were all considered by the people as equally true ; by the philosopher as equally false ; and by the magistrate as equally useful.
Side 105 - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Side 125 - 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 44 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life. My cure was accelerated by a faithful report of the tranquillity and cheerfulness of the lady herself, and my love subsided in friendship and esteem.
Side 381 - PENROSE'S (REV. JOHN) Faith and Practice ; an Exposition of the Principles and Duties of Natural and Revealed Religion. Post 8vo. 8s. 6d. (FC) Principles of Athenian Architecture, and the Optical Refinements exhibited in the Construction of the Ancient Buildings at Athens, from a Survey.
Side 87 - The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise. Many experiments were made before I could hit the middle tone between a dull chronicle and a rhetorical declamation : three times did I compose the first chapter, and twice the second and third, before I was tolerably satisfied with their effect.