 | Henry Smith Williams - 1904 - 714 sider
...Caesars was in some measure imitated by the founder of Constantinople ; but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has incurred...nation of legislators and conquerors might assert its claim to the harvest of Africa, which had been purchased with its blood ; and it was artfully contrived... | |
 | Charles Francis Horne - 1905 - 440 sider
...Caesars was in some measure imitated by the founder of Constantinople ; but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has incurred...Constantine could not be excused by any consideration either of public or private interest ; and the annual tribute of corn imposed upon Egypt for the benefit of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1906 - 492 sider
...imposed upon private property. imitated by the founder of Constantinople :5* but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has incurred...Constantine could not be excused by any consideration either of public or private interest ; and the annual tribute of corn imposed upon Egypt for the benefit of... | |
 | Henry Smith Williams - 1907 - 724 sider
...legislators and conquerors might assert its claim to the harvest of Africa, which had been purchased with its blood ; and it was artfully contrived by Augustus...lose the memory of freedom. But the prodigality of Constantino could not be excused by any consideration either of public or private interest ; and the... | |
 | Charles Franklin Warwick - 1909 - 452 sider
...assumed the purple and usurped the power of the republic, " he artfully contrived," says Gibbon, " that in the enjoyment of plenty the Romans should lose the memory of freedom." The conditions in France were the same as they had been, at one time, in Rome. " I see," said Catiline... | |
 | James Ramsay MacDonald - 1921 - 312 sider
...days of Rome to keep the Romans off politics. " It was artfully contrived by Augustus," says Gibbon, " that, in the enjoyment of plenty, the Romans should lose the memory of freedom." Some of the employers responsible for these undertakings have the most irreproachable intentions, others... | |
 | University of St. Andrews - 1897 - 600 sider
...Crosars was in some measure imitated by the founder of Constantinople ; but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has incurred...that, in the enjoyment of plenty, the Romans should forget the memory of freedom. But the prodigality of Constantino could not be excused by any consideration... | |
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Constantinople ; but his liberality, however it might excite the applause of the people, has incurred the censure of posterity. A nation of legislators and conquerors might assert their claim to the harvests of Africa, which had been purchased with their... 
