The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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... several quarters of the city , affigned them lands and penfions for the fupport of their dignity and alienated the demefnes of Pontus and Afia , to grant hereditary eftates by the cafy tenure of maintaining a house in the capital ...
... several quarters of the city , affigned them lands and penfions for the fupport of their dignity and alienated the demefnes of Pontus and Afia , to grant hereditary eftates by the cafy tenure of maintaining a house in the capital ...
Page 45
... several princes , and particularly thofe of Conftantine . The martial pride of the legions , whofe victorious camps had so often been the fcene of rebellion was › XVII . CHAP . nourished by the memory of their OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 45 ...
... several princes , and particularly thofe of Conftantine . The martial pride of the legions , whofe victorious camps had so often been the fcene of rebellion was › XVII . CHAP . nourished by the memory of their OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 45 ...
Page 54
... . The actual account employed several hundred perfons , diftributed into eleven different offices , The pub . lic trea furer , CHAP . XVII . which were artfully contrived to examine 54 THE DECLINE AND FALL The Public Treasurer.
... . The actual account employed several hundred perfons , diftributed into eleven different offices , The pub . lic trea furer , CHAP . XVII . which were artfully contrived to examine 54 THE DECLINE AND FALL The Public Treasurer.
Page 67
... Several , indigent citizens contributed to compofe a fingle head , or share of taxation ; while the wealthy provincial , in proportion to his fortune , alone reprefented feveral of , thofe imaginary beings . In a poetical requeft ...
... Several , indigent citizens contributed to compofe a fingle head , or share of taxation ; while the wealthy provincial , in proportion to his fortune , alone reprefented feveral of , thofe imaginary beings . In a poetical requeft ...
Page 86
... his father's death , furvived to weep over the fate of her fon " . Notwithstanding the pofitive teftimony of several writers of the Pagan 1 as well as of the Chriftian religion , there may 86 THE DECLINE AND FALL The Empress Faufta.
... his father's death , furvived to weep over the fate of her fon " . Notwithstanding the pofitive teftimony of several writers of the Pagan 1 as well as of the Chriftian religion , there may 86 THE DECLINE AND FALL The Empress Faufta.
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