The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpirePenguin UK, 19. juni 2000 - 848 sider Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement. |
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... never never [sic] existed such a nation and I hope for the happiness of mankind that there never will again' (L, i. 184). The views of the young man carried through into the work of his maturity. Chapter III of The Decline and Fall ends ...
... never never [sic] existed such a nation and I hope for the happiness of mankind that there never will again' (L, i. 184). The views of the young man carried through into the work of his maturity. Chapter III of The Decline and Fall ends ...
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... never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of ...
... never hope to traverse without being discovered, seized, and restored to his irritated master. Beyond the frontiers, his anxious view could discover nothing, except the ocean, inhospitable deserts, hostile tribes of barbarians, of ...
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... never grew on the spot where his horse had trod. Yet the savage destroyer undesignedly laid the foundations of a republic, which revived, in the feudal state of Europe, the art and spirit of commercial industry' (ADF, p. 417). So it was ...
... never grew on the spot where his horse had trod. Yet the savage destroyer undesignedly laid the foundations of a republic, which revived, in the feudal state of Europe, the art and spirit of commercial industry' (ADF, p. 417). So it was ...
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... never subdued.11 The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climates of the globe, turned with contempt from gloomy hills assailed by the winter tempest, from lakes concealed in a blue mist, and from cold and lonely heaths, over which ...
... never subdued.11 The masters of the fairest and most wealthy climates of the globe, turned with contempt from gloomy hills assailed by the winter tempest, from lakes concealed in a blue mist, and from cold and lonely heaths, over which ...
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... , which was interpreted by the augurs, as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede.22 During many ages, the prediction, as it is usual, contributed to its own accomplishment. But though Terminus had resisted.
... , which was interpreted by the augurs, as a sure presage that the boundaries of the Roman power would never recede.22 During many ages, the prediction, as it is usual, contributed to its own accomplishment. But though Terminus had resisted.
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CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
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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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