The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 3Cadell & Davies; J. Johnson; F. & C. Rivington; ... [and 32 others], 1807 |
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... we fhould truft none but the ancient writers who lived before the greatnefs of the imperial city had excited a spirit of flattery and fiction . brated 4 brated in the hiftory , than in the fables 4 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... we fhould truft none but the ancient writers who lived before the greatnefs of the imperial city had excited a spirit of flattery and fiction . brated 4 brated in the hiftory , than in the fables 4 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 46
... spirit worthy of the friend of Brutus , that he found himself incapable of ex- ercifing a power incompatible with public free- dom Iòs . As the sense of liberty became less ex- quifite , the advantages of order were more clearly ...
... spirit worthy of the friend of Brutus , that he found himself incapable of ex- ercifing a power incompatible with public free- dom Iòs . As the sense of liberty became less ex- quifite , the advantages of order were more clearly ...
Side 61
... spirit was degraded by the humiliating reflection , that they who were expofed to the hardships and dan- gers of a perpetual warfare , were rewarded only with about two - thirds of the pay and emoluments which were lavifhed on the ...
... spirit was degraded by the humiliating reflection , that they who were expofed to the hardships and dan- gers of a perpetual warfare , were rewarded only with about two - thirds of the pay and emoluments which were lavifhed on the ...
Side 66
... spirit of the times . Ammianus makes a distinction between the effeminate Italians and the hardy Gauls . ( L. xv . C. 12 . 2. ) Yet only fifteen years afterwards , Valentinian , in a law addieffed to the præ- fect of Gaul , is obliged ...
... spirit of the times . Ammianus makes a distinction between the effeminate Italians and the hardy Gauls . ( L. xv . C. 12 . 2. ) Yet only fifteen years afterwards , Valentinian , in a law addieffed to the præ- fect of Gaul , is obliged ...
Side 82
... spirit of an arbitrary government 169 168 Montefquieu , Esprit des Loix , 1. xii . c . 13 . 169 . Hume ( Effays , vol . i . p . 389. ) has feen this important . truth , with fome degree of perplexity . The XVII . The gene- or indic ...
... spirit of an arbitrary government 169 168 Montefquieu , Esprit des Loix , 1. xii . c . 13 . 169 . Hume ( Effays , vol . i . p . 389. ) has feen this important . truth , with fome degree of perplexity . The XVII . The gene- or indic ...
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