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... laws . To execute this noble but arduous design , he first resolved to revive the obsolete office of censor : an office which , as long as it had subsisted in its pristine integrity , had so much contributed to the perpetuity of the ...
... laws . To execute this noble but arduous design , he first resolved to revive the obsolete office of censor : an office which , as long as it had subsisted in its pristine integrity , had so much contributed to the perpetuity of the ...
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... laws of membrance of recent injuries , and by the apprehension of tine , future dangers , maintained , however , above eight years , the tranquillity of the Roman world . As a very regular series of the Imperial laws commences about ...
... laws of membrance of recent injuries , and by the apprehension of tine , future dangers , maintained , however , above eight years , the tranquillity of the Roman world . As a very regular series of the Imperial laws commences about ...
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... laws , as he was severe , and even cruel , in the enacting of them . It is scarcely possible to observe a more decisive symptom of weakness , either in the character of the prince , or in the con- stitution of the government.109 war ...
... laws , as he was severe , and even cruel , in the enacting of them . It is scarcely possible to observe a more decisive symptom of weakness , either in the character of the prince , or in the con- stitution of the government.109 war ...
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A D | xxxvii |
Prefatory Note | xxxix |
Preface to the Fourth Volume of the Quarto Edition | xlv |
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1914 |
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