The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1Methuen & Company, 1909 - Byzantine Empire |
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... merits that he made full use of Tille- mont , " whose inimitable accuracy almost assumes the character of genius , " as far as Tillemont guided him , up to the reign of Anastasius I .; and it is only just to the work of the Frenchman to ...
... merits that he made full use of Tille- mont , " whose inimitable accuracy almost assumes the character of genius , " as far as Tillemont guided him , up to the reign of Anastasius I .; and it is only just to the work of the Frenchman to ...
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... merit was that he kept the subject before the world . The general topography of the city has been illuminated by Mordtmann's valuable Esquisse topo- graphique ( 1902 ) , and the special topography of the walls , gates , and adjacent ...
... merit was that he kept the subject before the world . The general topography of the city has been illuminated by Mordtmann's valuable Esquisse topo- graphique ( 1902 ) , and the special topography of the walls , gates , and adjacent ...
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... Merit of the Tyrants Their obscure Birth ... The Causes of their Rebellion Their violent Deaths ... Fatal Consequences of these Usurpations Disorders of Sicily Rebellion of the Isaurians 289 290 ... 290 291 292 293 ... ... ... 294 295 ...
... Merit of the Tyrants Their obscure Birth ... The Causes of their Rebellion Their violent Deaths ... Fatal Consequences of these Usurpations Disorders of Sicily Rebellion of the Isaurians 289 290 ... 290 291 292 293 ... ... ... 294 295 ...
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... merit of the choice would serve to render the weakness of the execution still more ap- parent , and still less excusable . But , as I have presumed to lay before the Public a first volume only1 of the History of the Decline and Fall of ...
... merit of the choice would serve to render the weakness of the execution still more ap- parent , and still less excusable . But , as I have presumed to lay before the Public a first volume only1 of the History of the Decline and Fall of ...
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... merits which an histori- cal writer may ascribe to himself ; if any merit indeed can be assumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed to say that I have carefully examined all the original materials ...
... merits which an histori- cal writer may ascribe to himself ; if any merit indeed can be assumed from the performance of an indispensable duty . I may therefore be allowed to say that I have carefully examined all the original materials ...
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