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... soldiers attempted to raise and comfort him . In broken and disordered words he informed them of his imminent danger and fortunate escape , insinuating that he had prevented the designs of his enemy , and declared his resolution to live ...
... soldiers attempted to raise and comfort him . In broken and disordered words he informed them of his imminent danger and fortunate escape , insinuating that he had prevented the designs of his enemy , and declared his resolution to live ...
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... soldiers , instead of being confirmed by the severe discipline of camps , melted away in the luxury of cities . The excessive increase of their pay and donatives 2 exhausted the state to enrich the military order , whose modesty in ...
... soldiers , instead of being confirmed by the severe discipline of camps , melted away in the luxury of cities . The excessive increase of their pay and donatives 2 exhausted the state to enrich the military order , whose modesty in ...
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... soldiers , and to his pernicious counsels every scheme of reformation was im- puted . Some trifling accident blew up their discontent into a furious mutiny ; and a civil war raged , during three days , in Rome , whilst the life of that ...
... soldiers , and to his pernicious counsels every scheme of reformation was im- puted . Some trifling accident blew up their discontent into a furious mutiny ; and a civil war raged , during three days , in Rome , whilst the life of that ...
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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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