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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... embraced 'a singular and desperate measure' (A, p. 56) and made his second great mistake. He resolved to send his son without further ado to Oxford. Edward Gibbon senior had arranged for his son to proceed to Magdalen College, Oxford ...
... embraced 'a singular and desperate measure' (A, p. 56) and made his second great mistake. He resolved to send his son without further ado to Oxford. Edward Gibbon senior had arranged for his son to proceed to Magdalen College, Oxford ...
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... embraced the religion of Mahomet; the revolt of the Roman people against the feeble princes of Constantinople; and the elevation of Charlemagne, who, in the year eight hundred, established the second, or German Empire of the west. III ...
... embraced the religion of Mahomet; the revolt of the Roman people against the feeble princes of Constantinople; and the elevation of Charlemagne, who, in the year eight hundred, established the second, or German Empire of the west. III ...
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... embraced the serious resolution of proceeding to the last period of my original design, and of the Roman Empire, the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, in the year one thousand four hundred and fifty-three. The most patient Reader ...
... embraced the serious resolution of proceeding to the last period of my original design, and of the Roman Empire, the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, in the year one thousand four hundred and fifty-three. The most patient Reader ...
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... embraced the profession of arms, they were immediately intrusted with a troop of horse, or a cohort of foot.53 Trajan and Hadrian formed their cavalry from the same provinces, and the same class of their subjects, which recruited the ...
... embraced the profession of arms, they were immediately intrusted with a troop of horse, or a cohort of foot.53 Trajan and Hadrian formed their cavalry from the same provinces, and the same class of their subjects, which recruited the ...
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... embraced so flattering a circumstance, and the Gallic frontier of the Rhine, from Basil to Leyden, received the pompous names of the Upper and the Lower Germany.72 Such, under the reign of the Antonines, were the six provinces of Gaul ...
... embraced so flattering a circumstance, and the Gallic frontier of the Rhine, from Basil to Leyden, received the pompous names of the Upper and the Lower Germany.72 Such, under the reign of the Antonines, were the six provinces of Gaul ...
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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV | |
CHAPTER XV | |
CHAPTERS XVIXXI | |
CHAPTER XXII | |
CHAPTER XXIII | |
CHAPTER XXIV | |
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII | |
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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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