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Side 89
... of the senators, in the time of the Punic war, had accomplished his term of
military service, either in a subordinate or a superior station ; and the decree,
which invested with temporary command all those who had been consuls, or
censors, or.
... of the senators, in the time of the Punic war, had accomplished his term of
military service, either in a subordinate or a superior station ; and the decree,
which invested with temporary command all those who had been consuls, or
censors, or.
Side 99
Whenever these persons of high distinction condescend to visit the public baths,
they assume, on their entrance, a tone of loud and insolent command, and
appropriate to their own use the conveniences which were designed for the
Roman ...
Whenever these persons of high distinction condescend to visit the public baths,
they assume, on their entrance, a tone of loud and insolent command, and
appropriate to their own use the conveniences which were designed for the
Roman ...
Side 152
... a prince already invested with the imperial purple, had been left to command in
the provinces of Spain. For some reason, of which we are ignorant, Gerontius,
instead of assuming the diadem, placed it on the head of his friend Maximus, who
...
... a prince already invested with the imperial purple, had been left to command in
the provinces of Spain. For some reason, of which we are ignorant, Gerontius,
instead of assuming the diadem, placed it on the head of his friend Maximus, who
...
Side 174
a Father Montfaucon, who, by the command of his Benedictine superiors, was
compelled (see Longueruana, tom. 1. p. 205.) to execute the laborious edition of
St.Chrysostom, in thirteen volumes in folio, (Paris, 1738.) amused himself with ...
a Father Montfaucon, who, by the command of his Benedictine superiors, was
compelled (see Longueruana, tom. 1. p. 205.) to execute the laborious edition of
St.Chrysostom, in thirteen volumes in folio, (Paris, 1738.) amused himself with ...
Side 195
They unanimously attribute to the Christian orator, the free command of an
elegant and copious language; the judgment to conceal the advantages which
he derived from the knowledge of rhetoric and philosophy ; an inexhaustible fund
of ...
They unanimously attribute to the Christian orator, the free command of an
elegant and copious language; the judgment to conceal the advantages which
he derived from the knowledge of rhetoric and philosophy ; an inexhaustible fund
of ...
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Brukerevaluering - LisaMaria_C - LibraryThingI feel decidedly ambivalent about this book. My rating reflects that ultimately I didn't want to stick with it; I didn't find its pleasures and degree of informativeness worth the slogging through ... Les hele vurderingen
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Brukerevaluering - quantum_flapdoodle - LibraryThingA classic of historical literature, in two volumes. The author details the history to the fall in the first volume, and the byzantine period in the second volume. Les hele vurderingen
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Bibliografisk informasjon
| Tittel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight Volumes, Volum 1 |
| Forfatter | Edward Gibbon |
| Utgiver | G. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
| Original fra | Catalonia-biblioteket |
| Digitalisert | 30. mar 2009 |
| Eksporter sitat | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |