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Strona iv
... possessed of equal pretensions to learning and refinement ; and , in the English language at least , no con- nected view of its Rise , its Progress , and Decline , has been as yet presented to us . When the battles of Rome have been ...
... possessed of equal pretensions to learning and refinement ; and , in the English language at least , no con- nected view of its Rise , its Progress , and Decline , has been as yet presented to us . When the battles of Rome have been ...
Strona vi
... possessed of it rather as a means of confirming an ascendancy over the vulgar , than of improving their condition ; and they were more desirous to perpetuate the subjection , than contribute to the melioration of mankind . Ac ...
... possessed of it rather as a means of confirming an ascendancy over the vulgar , than of improving their condition ; and they were more desirous to perpetuate the subjection , than contribute to the melioration of mankind . Ac ...
Strona xiii
... possessing but a recent and limited acquain- tance with the language , I have not been able to draw so extensively as might have been wished from these sources of information . The composition of the present volumes was not suggested by ...
... possessing but a recent and limited acquain- tance with the language , I have not been able to draw so extensively as might have been wished from these sources of information . The composition of the present volumes was not suggested by ...
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... possessed a name . But their govern- ment , like that of all other republics , contained the seeds of decay . Each state had the choice of remaining as a common- wealth , or electing a king ; but the Kings , or Lucumons , as they were ...
... possessed a name . But their govern- ment , like that of all other republics , contained the seeds of decay . Each state had the choice of remaining as a common- wealth , or electing a king ; but the Kings , or Lucumons , as they were ...
Strona 31
... possessed of those interpretations of passing events or revelations of futurity which were obtained by im- mediate inspiration , whether delivered from the hill of Dodona , or the Delphian shrine . Their divination was supposed to be ...
... possessed of those interpretations of passing events or revelations of futurity which were obtained by im- mediate inspiration , whether delivered from the hill of Dodona , or the Delphian shrine . Their divination was supposed to be ...
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