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... sovereign and a conqueror , and exercised , without disguise , the whole legis- lative as well as the executive power . The victory over the senate was easy and inglorious . Every the Impe- eye and every passion were directed to the ...
... sovereign and a conqueror , and exercised , without disguise , the whole legis- lative as well as the executive power . The victory over the senate was easy and inglorious . Every the Impe- eye and every passion were directed to the ...
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... sovereign had been ratified by the cheerful submission of the senate and provinces . They ex- ulted in their unexpected deliverance from a hated tyrant , and it seemed of little consequence to examine into the virtues of the successor ...
... sovereign had been ratified by the cheerful submission of the senate and provinces . They ex- ulted in their unexpected deliverance from a hated tyrant , and it seemed of little consequence to examine into the virtues of the successor ...
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... sovereign , the levity of the Alexandrian people , the pressing instances of his friends , and his own fears ; but from the moment of his elevation he never entertained a hope of empire , or even of life . " Alas ! " he said , " the ...
... sovereign , the levity of the Alexandrian people , the pressing instances of his friends , and his own fears ; but from the moment of his elevation he never entertained a hope of empire , or even of life . " Alas ! " he said , " the ...
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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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