The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1George Bell and Sons, 1891 |
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... virtue which , among the ancients , was deno- minated patriotism , is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members . Such a sentiment , which had ...
... virtue which , among the ancients , was deno- minated patriotism , is derived from a strong sense of our own interest in the preservation and prosperity of the free government of which we are members . Such a sentiment , which had ...
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... virtue was oppressed by luxury and despotism . If , in the consideration of their armies , we pass from their discipline to their numbers , we shall not find it easy to define them with any tolerable accu- racy . We may compute ...
... virtue was oppressed by luxury and despotism . If , in the consideration of their armies , we pass from their discipline to their numbers , we shall not find it easy to define them with any tolerable accu- racy . We may compute ...
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... virtue , and even vice , acquired its divine representative ; every art and profession its patron , whose attributes , in the most distant ages and countries , were uniformly derived from the charac- ter of their peculiar votaries . A ...
... virtue , and even vice , acquired its divine representative ; every art and profession its patron , whose attributes , in the most distant ages and countries , were uniformly derived from the charac- ter of their peculiar votaries . A ...
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... virtue and merit for her own , wheresoever they slaves or strangers , enemies or barbarians . among were ** found , During the most flourishing era of the Athenian commonwealth , the number of citizens gradually decreased from about ...
... virtue and merit for her own , wheresoever they slaves or strangers , enemies or barbarians . among were ** found , During the most flourishing era of the Athenian commonwealth , the number of citizens gradually decreased from about ...
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... virtue or the feeling " of rulers , the gradual improvement that had taken place , and leaves unnoticed its most efficient cause ; he makes no mention of the influence of Chris- tianity , which first alleviated the misery of the slaves ...
... virtue or the feeling " of rulers , the gradual improvement that had taken place , and leaves unnoticed its most efficient cause ; he makes no mention of the influence of Chris- tianity , which first alleviated the misery of the slaves ...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 1 Edward Gibbon Uten tilgangsbegrensning - 1853 |
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