The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1G. Virtue, 1899 |
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... Germans ; nor can we expect any ercise of his mental faculties . The same , and even a greater , difference will be found between nations than between individuals ; and we may safely pro- nounce , that without some species of writing ...
... Germans ; nor can we expect any ercise of his mental faculties . The same , and even a greater , difference will be found between nations than between individuals ; and we may safely pro- nounce , that without some species of writing ...
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... Germans were for the most part hasty and violent . Barbarians , accustomed to place their freedom in gratifying the present passion , and their courage in overlooking all future conse- quences , turned away with indignant contempt from ...
... Germans were for the most part hasty and violent . Barbarians , accustomed to place their freedom in gratifying the present passion , and their courage in overlooking all future conse- quences , turned away with indignant contempt from ...
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... Germans.1 With better authority , a Sar- matian extraction may be assigned to the Venedi , who rendered themselves so famous in the middle ages . But the confusion of blood and Distinction of manners on that doubtful frontier often Germans ...
... Germans.1 With better authority , a Sar- matian extraction may be assigned to the Venedi , who rendered themselves so famous in the middle ages . But the confusion of blood and Distinction of manners on that doubtful frontier often Germans ...
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