The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireT. Cadell, 1837 - 1256 pages |
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Alemanni Ammianus ancient Antioch Arian arms army arts Asia Athanasius August Augustan History Aurelian Aurelius Victor authority barbarians bishops Cæsar celebrated character Christians church civil command Commodus conduct conquest Constantine Constantinople danger Danube death deserved dignity Diocletian Dion Dion Cassius discipline divine East ecclesiastical edict Egypt emperor enemy epistle Euseb Eusebius Eutropius faith father favour fortune Galerius Gallienus Gaul Goths Greek guards Hadrian Herodian Hist honour hundred Imperial Italy Julian labour Lactantius laws legions Libanius Licinius magistrates mankind Maxentius Maximin ment merit military mind ministers monarch multitude nations nature Orat Pagan palace Panegyr passions peace persecution Persian person philosopher præfect prætorian prince Probus provinces rank reign religion Roman empire Rome Sarmatians senate Severus soldiers soon sovereign Sozomen spirit subjects success successors Tacit Tacitus temple Tertullian thousand throne Tillemont tion Trajan troops tyrant valour victory virtue whilst zeal Zosimus
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Page xi - It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a; prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page xi - I shall now commemorate the hour of my final deliverance. It was on the day, or rather night, of the 27th of June, 1787, between the hours of eleven and twelve, that I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer-house in my garden.
Page 196 - With this view," continues Tacitus,^ " he inflicted the most exquisite tortures on those men who, under the vulgar appellation of Christians, were already branded with deserved infamy. They derived their name and origin from Christ, who, in the reign of Tiberius, had suffered death by the sentence of the procurator Pontius Pilate.
Page xi - 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.
Page vii - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Page 20 - 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 28 - 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 219 - Situated in the forty-first degree of latitude, the imperial city commanded, from her seven hills, the opposite shores of Europe and Asia ; the climate was healthy and temperate, the soil fertile, the harbour secure and capacious ; and the approach on the side of the continent was of small extent and easy defence.
Page 88 - Either a pestilence or a famine, a victory or a defeat, an oracle of the gods or the eloquence of a daring leader, were sufficient to impel the Gothic arms on the milder climates of the south. Besides the influence of a martial religion, the numbers and spirit of the Goths were equal to the most dangerous adventures.
Page 218 - If we survey Byzantium in the extent which it acquired with the august name of Constantinople, the figure of the Imperial city may be represented under that of an unequal triangle. The obtuse point, which advances towards the east and the shores of Asia, meets and repels the waves of the Thracian Bosphorus.