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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... Africa ndemned by the Roman senate . ican war nd death of Gildo e and character of Honorius Page • 465 467 • 470 • 471 • 473 • 475 • 477 • 479 480 • 481 • 484 THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE MAN CONTENTS . XV.
... Africa ndemned by the Roman senate . ican war nd death of Gildo e and character of Honorius Page • 465 467 • 470 • 471 • 473 • 475 • 477 • 479 480 • 481 • 484 THE HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE MAN CONTENTS . XV.
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... senate and people of Rome ; but they were seldom honoured with the presence of their new sovereign . During the vigour of his age , Constantine , according to the various exigencies of peace and war , moved with slow dignity , or with ...
... senate and people of Rome ; but they were seldom honoured with the presence of their new sovereign . During the vigour of his age , Constantine , according to the various exigencies of peace and war , moved with slow dignity , or with ...
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... senate or courts of justice , fourteen churches , fourteen palaces , and four thou- sand three hundred and eighty - eight houses , which , for their size or beauty , deserved to be distinguished from the multitude of plebeian ...
... senate or courts of justice , fourteen churches , fourteen palaces , and four thou- sand three hundred and eighty - eight houses , which , for their size or beauty , deserved to be distinguished from the multitude of plebeian ...
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... senators nd of the Eastern provinces , were probably Constantine to adopt for their country the pot which he had chosen for his own re- The invitations of a master are scarcely to ished from commands ; and the liberality eror obtained a ...
... senators nd of the Eastern provinces , were probably Constantine to adopt for their country the pot which he had chosen for his own re- The invitations of a master are scarcely to ished from commands ; and the liberality eror obtained a ...
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... Senate , communicated to the citizens the privileges of Italy , and bestowed on the rising city the title of Colony , the first and most favoured daughter of ancient Rome . The venerable parent still maintained the legal and ...
... Senate , communicated to the citizens the privileges of Italy , and bestowed on the rising city the title of Colony , the first and most favoured daughter of ancient Rome . The venerable parent still maintained the legal and ...
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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...