Essays: Political, Historical, and MiscellaneousW. Blackwood, 1850 |
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Sivu 46
... empire of the Cæsars , with its grandeur and its recollections , had sunk into the dust ; the venerable letters , S. P. Q. R. , no longer commanded the vene- ration save of the lettered part of mankind . A new faith , enjoining moral ...
... empire of the Cæsars , with its grandeur and its recollections , had sunk into the dust ; the venerable letters , S. P. Q. R. , no longer commanded the vene- ration save of the lettered part of mankind . A new faith , enjoining moral ...
Sivu 76
... 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 successors on the Byzantine throne ; of the manners of 76 GUIZOT .
... 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 successors on the Byzantine throne ; of the manners of 76 GUIZOT .
Sivu 79
... empire over half the globe . Montesquieu owes his colossal reputation chiefly to his Esprit des Loix ; but the Grandeur et Decadence des Romains is by much the greater work . It has never attained nearly the reputation in this country ...
... empire over half the globe . Montesquieu owes his colossal reputation chiefly to his Esprit des Loix ; but the Grandeur et Decadence des Romains is by much the greater work . It has never attained nearly the reputation in this country ...
Sivu 90
... empire during that period , and produced that astonishing weakness in the ancient conquerors of the world , which rendered them the easy prey of those whom they had so often subdued ? The ancient writers content themselves with saying ...
... empire during that period , and produced that astonishing weakness in the ancient conquerors of the world , which rendered them the easy prey of those whom they had so often subdued ? The ancient writers content themselves with saying ...
Sivu 91
... empire , it was in the lower ranks that the greatest and most fatal weakness first appeared . Long before the race of the Patricians had become extinct , the free cultivators had disappeared from the fields . Leaders and generals of the ...
... empire , it was in the lower ranks that the greatest and most fatal weakness first appeared . Long before the race of the Patricians had become extinct , the free cultivators had disappeared from the fields . Leaders and generals of the ...
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