The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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... of the public revenue will be expended by the prince himself , by his minifters , by the officers of justice , and by the domeftics of the palace . The 55 > XVII . moft wealthy of the provincials will be attracted 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... of the public revenue will be expended by the prince himself , by his minifters , by the officers of justice , and by the domeftics of the palace . The 55 > XVII . moft wealthy of the provincials will be attracted 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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... justice and of the finances , the two objects which , in a state of a peace , com- prehend almost all the refpective duties of the fovereign and of the people ; of the former , to protect the citizens who are obedient to the laws ; of ...
... justice and of the finances , the two objects which , in a state of a peace , com- prehend almost all the refpective duties of the fovereign and of the people ; of the former , to protect the citizens who are obedient to the laws ; of ...
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... justice , and expreffes the warmest indignation that the audience of the judge , his difpatch of bufinefs , his feafonable delays , and his final fentence , were publicly fold , either by himself or by the officers of his court . The ...
... justice , and expreffes the warmest indignation that the audience of the judge , his difpatch of bufinefs , his feafonable delays , and his final fentence , were publicly fold , either by himself or by the officers of his court . The ...
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... justice or humanity , the dignity of age , and the tenderness of youth , were alike expofed to the moft cruel tortures ; and the terrors of a mali- cious information , which might select them as the accomplices , or even as the ...
... justice or humanity , the dignity of age , and the tenderness of youth , were alike expofed to the moft cruel tortures ; and the terrors of a mali- cious information , which might select them as the accomplices , or even as the ...
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Edward Gibbon. С НАР . XVIII . A. D. 351 . of justice ; and his courtiers compared the ftudied orations which a Pericles or a Demofthenes addref- fed to the populace of Athens , with the victorious eloquence which had perfuaded an armed ...
Edward Gibbon. С НАР . XVIII . A. D. 351 . of justice ; and his courtiers compared the ftudied orations which a Pericles or a Demofthenes addref- fed to the populace of Athens , with the victorious eloquence which had perfuaded an armed ...
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