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“This fluctuation in human affairs is the more remarkable from the contrast which
it affords to the unchangeableness of nature. As if to insult the instability of human
affairs, the animals and the birds experience no change in their empires, nor ...
“This fluctuation in human affairs is the more remarkable from the contrast which
it affords to the unchangeableness of nature. As if to insult the instability of human
affairs, the animals and the birds experience no change in their empires, nor ...
Sivu 46
The empire of the Caesars, with its grandeur and its recollections, had sunk into
the dust; the venerable letters, S. P. Q. R., no longer commanded the veneration
save of the lettered part of mankind. A new faith, enjoining moral duties, had ...
The empire of the Caesars, with its grandeur and its recollections, had sunk into
the dust; the venerable letters, S. P. Q. R., no longer commanded the veneration
save of the lettered part of mankind. A new faith, enjoining moral duties, had ...
Sivu 76
His descriptions of the Roman empire in the zenith of its power, as it existed in
the time of Augustus; of its decline and long protracted old age, under
Constantine and his jo ls o so o successors on the Byzantine throne; 76 GUIZOT.
His descriptions of the Roman empire in the zenith of its power, as it existed in
the time of Augustus; of its decline and long protracted old age, under
Constantine and his jo ls o so o successors on the Byzantine throne; 76 GUIZOT.
Sivu 79
... colonies, and commerce” from Napoleon, and spread them with the British
colonial empire over half the globe. MontéSquieu owes his colossal reputation
chiefly to his Esprit-došToir; but the Grandeur et Decadence des Romains is by
much ...
... colonies, and commerce” from Napoleon, and spread them with the British
colonial empire over half the globe. MontéSquieu owes his colossal reputation
chiefly to his Esprit-došToir; but the Grandeur et Decadence des Romains is by
much ...
Sivu 82
... the arm of Nelson, the wisdom of Wellington, the genius of Wellesley, in
bringing to maturity the A British empire, and spreading the Anglo-Saxon race, in
pursuance of its appointed mission, over half the globe What marvellous effect
had the ...
... the arm of Nelson, the wisdom of Wellington, the genius of Wellesley, in
bringing to maturity the A British empire, and spreading the Anglo-Saxon race, in
pursuance of its appointed mission, over half the globe What marvellous effect
had the ...
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| Otsikko | Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3 Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Archibald Alison |
| Kirjoittaja | Archibald Alison |
| Kustantaja | W. Blackwood, 1850 |
| Alkuperäisteoksen sijainti | Kalifornian yliopisto |
| Digitoitu | 18. lokakuu 2007 |
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