The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 3Tourneisen, 1787 - 403 pages |
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Page 39
... reason as the inftrument of difpute ; they interpreted the laws according to the dictates of private intereft ; and the fame pernicious habits might still adhere to their characters in the public adminiftration of the ftate . The honour ...
... reason as the inftrument of difpute ; they interpreted the laws according to the dictates of private intereft ; and the fame pernicious habits might still adhere to their characters in the public adminiftration of the ftate . The honour ...
Page 46
... reason to believe , that the conftitution of the legionary troops , to which they partly owed their valour and difci- pline , was diffolved by Conftantine ; and that the bands of Roman infantry , which still affumed the fame names and ...
... reason to believe , that the conftitution of the legionary troops , to which they partly owed their valour and difci- pline , was diffolved by Conftantine ; and that the bands of Roman infantry , which still affumed the fame names and ...
Page 63
... reason to believe that this difficult and expen- five operation was repeated at the regular dif- tance of fifteen years . The lands were measured by surveyors , who were fent into the provinces ; their nature , whether arable or pafture ...
... reason to believe that this difficult and expen- five operation was repeated at the regular dif- tance of fifteen years . The lands were measured by surveyors , who were fent into the provinces ; their nature , whether arable or pafture ...
Page 68
... reason of this difference may be found , not fo much in the relative fcarcity or plenty of gold and filver , as in the different state of fociety in ancient Gaul and in modern France . In a country where perfonal freedom is the pri ...
... reason of this difference may be found , not fo much in the relative fcarcity or plenty of gold and filver , as in the different state of fociety in ancient Gaul and in modern France . In a country where perfonal freedom is the pri ...
Page 84
... reasons which had compelled him to fubfcribe the condemnation of a criminal , or at least of a degenerate , fon " . The innocence of Crifpus was fo univerfally ac- knowledged , that the modern Greeks , who adore the memory of their ...
... reasons which had compelled him to fubfcribe the condemnation of a criminal , or at least of a degenerate , fon " . The innocence of Crifpus was fo univerfally ac- knowledged , that the modern Greeks , who adore the memory of their ...
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