The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Fleischer, 1821 |
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... little to his engagements . At the beginning of 1781 , the second and third volumes of the History appeared ; and though many readers judged them to be inferior in point of composi tion to the first , yet , upon the whole 12 LIFE OF.
... little to his engagements . At the beginning of 1781 , the second and third volumes of the History appeared ; and though many readers judged them to be inferior in point of composi tion to the first , yet , upon the whole 12 LIFE OF.
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Edward Gibbon. tion to the first , yet , upon the whole , they supported his re- putation . At a new election he had lost his seat for Lis- keard , but he was brought in , upon a vacancy , for Lymington . It was not long , however ...
Edward Gibbon. tion to the first , yet , upon the whole , they supported his re- putation . At a new election he had lost his seat for Lis- keard , but he was brought in , upon a vacancy , for Lymington . It was not long , however ...
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... tion . I. IN the second century of the christian æra , the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth , and the most civilized portion of Introduc- mankind . The frontiers of that extensive mc- narchy were guarded by ...
... tion . I. IN the second century of the christian æra , the empire of Rome comprehended the fairest part of the earth , and the most civilized portion of Introduc- mankind . The frontiers of that extensive mc- narchy were guarded by ...
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... tion of The principal conquests of the Romans were Augustus . achieved under the republic ; and the empe- rors , for the most part , were satisfied with pre- serving those dominions which had been acquired by the policy of the senate ...
... tion of The principal conquests of the Romans were Augustus . achieved under the republic ; and the empe- rors , for the most part , were satisfied with pre- serving those dominions which had been acquired by the policy of the senate ...
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... tion to the precept of Augustus , was about thir- teen hundred miles in circumference . Its hatu- ral boundaries were the Niester , the Teyss , or Tibiscus , the Lower Danube , and the Euxine sea . The vestiges of a military road may ...
... tion to the precept of Augustus , was about thir- teen hundred miles in circumference . Its hatu- ral boundaries were the Niester , the Teyss , or Tibiscus , the Lower Danube , and the Euxine sea . The vestiges of a military road may ...
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