The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1J.A. James, 1841 |
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... less forcible nature ; honour and religion . The peasant , or mechanic , imbibed the useful prejudice that he was advanced to the more dignified profession of arms , in which his rank and reputation would depend on his own valour : and ...
... less forcible nature ; honour and religion . The peasant , or mechanic , imbibed the useful prejudice that he was advanced to the more dignified profession of arms , in which his rank and reputation would depend on his own valour : and ...
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... less familiar than that of the sword or pilum . Active valour may often be the present of nature ; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline . ( 1 ) Whenever the trumpet gave the signal for departure , the ...
... less familiar than that of the sword or pilum . Active valour may often be the present of nature ; but such patient diligence can be the fruit only of habit and discipline . ( 1 ) Whenever the trumpet gave the signal for departure , the ...
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... less docile than the west , to the voice of its victorious preceptors . This obvious difference marked the two por tions of the empire with a distinction of colours , which , though it was in some degree concealed during the meridian ...
... less docile than the west , to the voice of its victorious preceptors . This obvious difference marked the two por tions of the empire with a distinction of colours , which , though it was in some degree concealed during the meridian ...
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... less abundance , and the Romans were reduced to the milder but more tedious method of propagation . In their nume- rous families , and particularly in their country estates , they encouraged the marriage of their slaves . The sentiments ...
... less abundance , and the Romans were reduced to the milder but more tedious method of propagation . In their nume- rous families , and particularly in their country estates , they encouraged the marriage of their slaves . The sentiments ...
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... less populous in the age of the Anto- nines , than in that of Romulus . The petty states of Latium were con- tained within the metropolis of the empire , by whose superior influence they had been attracted . * Those parts of Italy which ...
... less populous in the age of the Anto- nines , than in that of Romulus . The petty states of Latium were con- tained within the metropolis of the empire , by whose superior influence they had been attracted . * Those parts of Italy which ...
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