The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1R. Priestley, ... J. Offor, ... W.H. Reid, ... Priestley and Weale, ... M. Doyle, ... and D.A. Talboys, Oxford, 1821 - Byzantine Empire |
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... wars . The Romans made themselves masters of Mariaba , or Merab , a city of Arabia Felix , well known to the orientals . ( See Abulfeda and the Nubian geo- C deserved the expense and labour of conquest . The 2 [ CHAP . I DECLINE AND FALL.
... wars . The Romans made themselves masters of Mariaba , or Merab , a city of Arabia Felix , well known to the orientals . ( See Abulfeda and the Nubian geo- C deserved the expense and labour of conquest . The 2 [ CHAP . I DECLINE AND FALL.
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Edward Gibbon. C deserved the expense and labour of conquest . The forests and morasses of Germany were filled with a hardy race of barbarians , who despised life when it was separated from freedom ; and though , on the first at- tack ...
Edward Gibbon. C deserved the expense and labour of conquest . The forests and morasses of Germany were filled with a hardy race of barbarians , who despised life when it was separated from freedom ; and though , on the first at- tack ...
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... deserved the honourable dis- tinction of Romans . Many dependent princes and communities dispersed round the frontiers , were per- mitted , for awhile , to hold their freedom and security by the tenure of military service . Even select ...
... deserved the honourable dis- tinction of Romans . Many dependent princes and communities dispersed round the frontiers , were per- mitted , for awhile , to hold their freedom and security by the tenure of military service . Even select ...
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... deserved triumphs , their successors adorned villas , and their posterity have erected convents . Capua and Campania possessed the imme- diate territory of Naples ; and the rest of the kingdom was inhabited by many warlike nations , the ...
... deserved triumphs , their successors adorned villas , and their posterity have erected convents . Capua and Campania possessed the imme- diate territory of Naples ; and the rest of the kingdom was inhabited by many warlike nations , the ...
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... deserved , if not the adoration , at least the re- verence , of all mankind . The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed , in peace , their local and respective influence ; nor could the Roman , who deprecated the ...
... deserved , if not the adoration , at least the re- verence , of all mankind . The deities of a thousand groves and a thousand streams possessed , in peace , their local and respective influence ; nor could the Roman , who deprecated the ...
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Page 93 - If a man were called to fix the period in the history of the world, during which the condition of the human race was most happy and prosperous, he would, without hesitation, name that which elapsed from the death of Domitian to the accession of Commodus.
Page xxix - I will not dissemble the first emotions of joy on the recovery of my freedom, and, perhaps, the establishment of my fame. But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
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Page xii - In the solitude of a sequestered village he bestowed a liberal and even learned education on his only daughter. She surpassed his hopes by her proficiency in the sciences and languages; and in her short visits to some relations at Lausanne, the wit, the beauty, and erudition of Mademoiselle Curchod were the theme of universal applause. The report of such a prodigy awakened my curiosity; I saw and loved. I found her learned without pedantry, lively in conversation, pure in sentiment, and elegant in...
Page xxii - As I believed, and as I still believe, that the propagation of the Gospel, and the triumph of the Church, are inseparably connected with the decline of the Roman monarchy, I weighed the causes and effects of the revolution, and contrasted the narratives and apologies of the Christians themselves, with the glances of candour or enmity which the Pagans have cast on the rising sects.
Page 67 - This long peace, and the uniform government of the Romans, introduced a slow and secret poison into the vitals of the empire. The minds of men were gradually reduced to the same level, the fire of genius was extinguished, and even the military spirit evaporated.
Page viii - To the University of Oxford I acknowledge no obligation; and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother.
Page 36 - Atheist under the sacerdotal robes. Reasoners of such a temper were scarcely inclined to wrangle about their respective modes of faith, or of worship. It was indifferent to them what shape the folly of the multitude might choose to .assume; and they approached, with the same inward contempt, and the same external reverence, the altars of the Libyan, the Olympian, or the Capitoline Jupiter.
Page 91 - His reign is marked by the rare advantage of furnishing very few materials for history; which is, indeed, little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.
Page 60 - Such was the solid construction of the Roman highways, whose firmness has not entirely yielded to the effort of fifteen centuries. They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object had been to facilitate the marches of the legions ; nor was any country considered as completely subdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, pervious to the arms and authority of the conqueror.