Essays, Political, Historical, and Miscellaneous, Nide 3W. Blackwood, 1850 |
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... provinces of the Roman empire , and swept away their government , their laws , their property , and their insti- tutions . But the Christian faith had proved more powerful than the arms of the legions ; it alone had survived amidst the ...
... provinces of the Roman empire , and swept away their government , their laws , their property , and their insti- tutions . But the Christian faith had proved more powerful than the arms of the legions ; it alone had survived amidst the ...
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... provinces within the Rhine and the Danube paralysed , that they ceased to make any resistance to the hordes of invaders ; and the fortunes of the empire were , for several generations , sustained solely by the heroic efforts of ...
... provinces within the Rhine and the Danube paralysed , that they ceased to make any resistance to the hordes of invaders ; and the fortunes of the empire were , for several generations , sustained solely by the heroic efforts of ...
Sivu 92
... provinces . Rome has bequeathed to us nothing , either in its capital or its provinces , but the municipal character , which produced immense monuments on certain points , destined for the use of the vast population which was there ...
... provinces . Rome has bequeathed to us nothing , either in its capital or its provinces , but the municipal character , which produced immense monuments on certain points , destined for the use of the vast population which was there ...
Sivu 93
... provinces ; it rather sought protection from them . Dur- ing four centuries , the central power of the Emperors incessantly struggled against this increasing debility ; but the moment at length arrived when all the practised skill of ...
... provinces ; it rather sought protection from them . Dur- ing four centuries , the central power of the Emperors incessantly struggled against this increasing debility ; but the moment at length arrived when all the practised skill of ...
Sivu 94
... provinces , it became the most dreadful of all scourges ; because , as the assessment on each district was fixed , and scarcely ever suffered any abatement , every dis- aster experienced increased the burden on the survivors who had ...
... provinces , it became the most dreadful of all scourges ; because , as the assessment on each district was fixed , and scarcely ever suffered any abatement , every dis- aster experienced increased the burden on the survivors who had ...
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