The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Том 1Vernor, Hood, & Sharpe, 1806 |
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... mind , but I was unwilling to injure or offend the purchasers of the preceding editions . The accuracy of the Corrector of the Press has been already tried and approved ; and , perhaps , I may stand excused , if , amidst the avocations ...
... mind , but I was unwilling to injure or offend the purchasers of the preceding editions . The accuracy of the Corrector of the Press has been already tried and approved ; and , perhaps , I may stand excused , if , amidst the avocations ...
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... mind of Trajan . Like him the Roman emperor undertook an expedition against the nations of the east , but he lamented with a sigh , that his advanced age scarcely left him any hopes of equalling the renown of the son of Phi- lipt . Yet ...
... mind of Trajan . Like him the Roman emperor undertook an expedition against the nations of the east , but he lamented with a sigh , that his advanced age scarcely left him any hopes of equalling the renown of the son of Phi- lipt . Yet ...
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... minds were opened to any new impressions of knowledge and politeness . The language of Virgil and Cicero , though with some inevitable mixture of corruption , was so universally adop- ted in Africa , Spain , Gaul , Britain , and Panno ...
... minds were opened to any new impressions of knowledge and politeness . The language of Virgil and Cicero , though with some inevitable mixture of corruption , was so universally adop- ted in Africa , Spain , Gaul , Britain , and Panno ...
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... minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level , the fire of genius was extinguished , and even the mi- htary spirit evaporated . The natives of Europe were brave and robust . Spain , Gaul , Britain , and Illyricum . supplied the ...
... minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level , the fire of genius was extinguished , and even the mi- htary spirit evaporated . The natives of Europe were brave and robust . Spain , Gaul , Britain , and Illyricum . supplied the ...
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... mind . The beau- ties of the poets and orators , instead of kindling a fire like their own , inspired only cold and ser vile imitations or if any ventured to deviate from those models , they deviated at the same time from good sense and ...
... mind . The beau- ties of the poets and orators , instead of kindling a fire like their own , inspired only cold and ser vile imitations or if any ventured to deviate from those models , they deviated at the same time from good sense and ...
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Сторінка 130 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus. The vast extent of the Roman empire was governed by absolute power, under the guidance of virtue and wisdom.
Сторінка 8 - After a war of about forty years, undertaken by the most stupid, maintained by the most dissolute, and terminated by the most timid of all the emperors, the far greater part of the island submitted to the Roman yoke.
Сторінка 357 - ... each barbarian fixed his independent dwelling on the spot to which a plain, a wood, or a stream of fresh water, had induced him to give the preference.
Сторінка 90 - But in the present imperfect condition of society, luxury, though it may proceed from vice or folly, seems to be the only means that can correct the unequal distribution of property.
Сторінка 130 - The labours of these monarchs were overpaid by the immense reward that inseparably waited on their success ; by the honest pride of virtue, and by the exquisite delight of beholding the general happiness of which they were the authors.
Сторінка 144 - But the words of the assassin sunk deep into the mind of Commodus, and left an indelible impression of fear and hatred against the whole body of the senate.* Those whom he had dreaded as importunate ministers, he now suspected as secret enemies. The Delators, a race of men discouraged, and almost extinguished, under the former reigns, again became formidable, as soon as they discovered that the emperor was desirous of nmding disaffection and treason in the senate.
Сторінка 274 - Experience overturns these airy fabrics, and teaches us that in a large society the election of a monarch can never devolve to the wisest or to the most numerous part of the people.
Сторінка 51 - Platonists endeavoured to reconcile the jarring interests of reason and piety. They have left us the most sublime proofs of the existence and perfections of the first cause; but, as it was impossible for them to conceive the creation of matter, the workman in the Stoic philosophy was not sufficiently distinguished from the work; whilst, on the contrary, the spiritual God of Plato and his disciples resembled an idea rather than a substance.
Сторінка 154 - They only forgot to observe that, in the first ages of society, when the fiercer animals often dispute with man the possession of an unsettled country, a successful war against those savages is one of the most innocent and beneficial labours of heroism.
Сторінка 49 - Fear, gratitude, and curiosity, a dream or an omen, a singular disorder, or a distant journey, perpetually disposed him to multiply the articles of his belief, and to enlarge the list of his protectors.