The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1W. Strahan; and T. Cadell, in the Strand., 1782 |
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... reafon ( in Agricola , c . 12. ) , that it was an inherent defect . " Ego facilius crediderim , naturam margaritis deeffe quam nobis avaritiam . " 7 Claudius , Nero , and Domitian . A hope is expreffed by Pomponius Mela , 1. iii . c . 6 ...
... reafon ( in Agricola , c . 12. ) , that it was an inherent defect . " Ego facilius crediderim , naturam margaritis deeffe quam nobis avaritiam . " 7 Claudius , Nero , and Domitian . A hope is expreffed by Pomponius Mela , 1. iii . c . 6 ...
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... reafon and eloquence ; but the fatire of Lucian was a much more adequate , as well as more efficacious weapon . We may be well afsured , that a writer , converfant with the world , would never have ventured to expose the gods of his ...
... reafon and eloquence ; but the fatire of Lucian was a much more adequate , as well as more efficacious weapon . We may be well afsured , that a writer , converfant with the world , would never have ventured to expose the gods of his ...
Side 58
... reafon to believe the country lefs populous in the age of the Antonines , than rentum . 73 Montfaucon l'Antiquité Expliquée , tom . iv . p . 2. 1. i . c . 9. Fabretti has com- pofed a very learned treatife on the aqueducts of Rome . 74 ...
... reafon to believe the country lefs populous in the age of the Antonines , than rentum . 73 Montfaucon l'Antiquité Expliquée , tom . iv . p . 2. 1. i . c . 9. Fabretti has com- pofed a very learned treatife on the aqueducts of Rome . 74 ...
Side 63
... reafon or declamation have imputed to extenfive empire , the power of Rome was attended with fome be- neficial confequences to mankind ; and the fame freedom of inter- course which extended the vices , diffused likewise the improvements ...
... reafon or declamation have imputed to extenfive empire , the power of Rome was attended with fome be- neficial confequences to mankind ; and the fame freedom of inter- course which extended the vices , diffused likewise the improvements ...
Side 68
... reafon to fuppofe that gold was become more scarce ; it is therefore evident that filver was grown more common ; that whatever might be the amount of the Indian and Arabian exports , they were far from exhaufting the wealth of the Roman ...
... reafon to fuppofe that gold was become more scarce ; it is therefore evident that filver was grown more common ; that whatever might be the amount of the Indian and Arabian exports , they were far from exhaufting the wealth of the Roman ...
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