Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, repr. with the omission of all passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency, by T. Bowdler, Volum 21826 |
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... expression of one day both as well as bivalch , we van work supper some mastake of the press in the and one might's said When Sandex ( Travels , p . 21. ) talks of 150 furlongs in sexi ot that poda nous travelden e between the opposite ...
... expression of one day both as well as bivalch , we van work supper some mastake of the press in the and one might's said When Sandex ( Travels , p . 21. ) talks of 150 furlongs in sexi ot that poda nous travelden e between the opposite ...
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... expression of one day and one night's sail . When Sandys ( Travels , p . 21. ) talks of 150 furlongs in length as well as breadth , we can only suppose some mistake of the press in the text of that judicious traveller . e between the ...
... expression of one day and one night's sail . When Sandys ( Travels , p . 21. ) talks of 150 furlongs in length as well as breadth , we can only suppose some mistake of the press in the text of that judicious traveller . e between the ...
Side 61
... expressed the number of tributary subjects , and the amount of the public impositions . The latter of these sums was divided by the former ; and the esti- mate , that such a province contained so many capita , or heads of tribute , and ...
... expressed the number of tributary subjects , and the amount of the public impositions . The latter of these sums was divided by the former ; and the esti- mate , that such a province contained so many capita , or heads of tribute , and ...
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... expressed his suspicions that he had been poisoned by his brothers ; and conjured his sons to revenge his death , and to consult their own safety , by the punishment of the guilty . Whatever reasons . might have been alleged by these ...
... expressed his suspicions that he had been poisoned by his brothers ; and conjured his sons to revenge his death , and to consult their own safety , by the punishment of the guilty . Whatever reasons . might have been alleged by these ...
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... expressed his grateful sense of the goodness of Constantius , and , with a very amiable simplicity , advised his benefactor to resign the sceptre of the world , and to seek for content ( where alone it could be found ) in the peaceful ...
... expressed his grateful sense of the goodness of Constantius , and , with a very amiable simplicity , advised his benefactor to resign the sceptre of the world , and to seek for content ( where alone it could be found ) in the peaceful ...
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Side xvi - A particular description, composed about a century after its foundation, enumerates a capitol or school of learning, a circus, two theatres, eight public and one hundred and fifty-three private baths, fifty-two...
Side 116 - If Julian could now revisit the capital of France, he might converse with men of science and genius, capable of understanding and of instructing a disciple of the Greeks; he might excuse the lively and graceful follies of a nation, whose martial spirit has never been enervated by the indulgence of luxury; and he must applaud the perfection of that inestimable art, which softens and refines and embellishes the intercourse of social life.
Side 155 - Whilst Alypius, assisted by the governor of the province, urged, with vigour and diligence, the execution of the work, horrible balls of fire breaking out near the foundations, with frequent and reiterated attacks, rendered the place, from time to time, inaccessible to the scorched and blasted workmen; and the victorious element continuing in this manner obstinately and resolutely bent, as it were, to drive them to a distance, the undertaking was abandoned.
Side xiii - Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded from her seven hills the opposite shores of Europe and Asia; the climate was healthy and temperate; the soil fertile; the harbour secure and capacious; and the approach on the side of the continent was of small extent and easy defence. The Bosphorus and...
Side 241 - In the second year of the reign of Valentinian and Valens, on the morning of the twenty-first day of July, the greatest part of the Roman world was shaken by a violent and destructive earthquake. The impression was communicated to the waters; the shores of the Mediterranean were left dry, by the sudden retreat of the sea...
Side 149 - ... hero; that they gently interrupted his slumbers, by touching his hand or his hair; that they warned him of every impending danger, and conducted him, by their infallible wisdom, in every action of his life; and that he had acquired such an intimate knowledge of his heavenly guests, as readily to distinguish the voice of Jupiter from that of Minerva, and the form of Apollo from the figure of...
Side 200 - Friends and fellow-soldiers, the seasonable period of my departure is now arrived, and I discharge, with the cheerfulness of a ready debtor, the demands of nature. I have learned from philosophy, how much the soul is more excellent than the body; and that the separation of the nobler substance should be the subject of joy, rather than of affliction. I have learned from religion, that an early death has often been the reward of piety...
Side 200 - I have lived without guilt. I am pleased to reflect on the innocence of my private life ; and I can affirm with confidence, that the supreme authority, that emanation of the divine Power, has been preserved in my hands pure and immaculate.
Side 177 - The face of the country was interspersed with groves of innumerable palm-trees," and the diligent natives celebrated, either in verse or prose, the three hundred and sixty uses to which the trunk, the branches, the leaves, the juice, and the fruit were skilfully applied.
Side xiii - We are at present qualified to view the advantageous position of Constantinople, which appears to have been formed by nature for the centre and capital of a great monarchy. Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the Imperial city commanded, from her seven hills...