The Four Civilizations of the World: An Historical RetrospectLippincott, 1874 - 416 من الصفحات |
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... Emperor Augustus to that of Nero , he remarks - " All nations and cities must be governed either by the People , the First men , or a Single ruler . A form of government constituted of these three it is easier to admire than to believe ...
... Emperor Augustus to that of Nero , he remarks - " All nations and cities must be governed either by the People , the First men , or a Single ruler . A form of government constituted of these three it is easier to admire than to believe ...
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... Emperor of the East , in 529 A.D. The Justinian Code was a digest of all the laws and statutes of Justinian's predecessors , and received the name of Corpus Juris Civilis - the body of the civil law- and has maintained its ascendency ...
... Emperor of the East , in 529 A.D. The Justinian Code was a digest of all the laws and statutes of Justinian's predecessors , and received the name of Corpus Juris Civilis - the body of the civil law- and has maintained its ascendency ...
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... Emperor , 29 B.C. At this time the Roman power was at its height . The frontiers extended to Britain , the Elbe , the Rhine , the Danube , the Black Sea , the Euphrates , the Desert of Africa , and the Atlantic . The Roman Empire was ...
... Emperor , 29 B.C. At this time the Roman power was at its height . The frontiers extended to Britain , the Elbe , the Rhine , the Danube , the Black Sea , the Euphrates , the Desert of Africa , and the Atlantic . The Roman Empire was ...
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... Emperor : Heaven was their fatherland . They despised the pleasures of this life ; they were as emigrants gathered on the shore , waiting for a wind to waft them to another world . They rendered unto Cæsar the things that were Cæsar's ...
... Emperor : Heaven was their fatherland . They despised the pleasures of this life ; they were as emigrants gathered on the shore , waiting for a wind to waft them to another world . They rendered unto Cæsar the things that were Cæsar's ...
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... Emperor Constan- tine , when the subversive doctrines of Arius were denounced . It was some three hundred years before the Sect disappeared , and during this interval other heresies sprung up . † One more quotation will be made from the ...
... Emperor Constan- tine , when the subversive doctrines of Arius were denounced . It was some three hundred years before the Sect disappeared , and during this interval other heresies sprung up . † One more quotation will be made from the ...
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الصفحة 386 - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
الصفحة 364 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union or to change its republican form, let them stand undisturbed as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it.
الصفحة 215 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
الصفحة 72 - Love of ladies, splintering of lances! Stand forth, gallant knights: fair eyes look upon your deeds!" The music also of the challengers breathed from time to time wild bursts expressive of triumph or defiance, while the clowns grudged a holiday which seemed to pass away in inactivity; and old knights and nobles lamented in whispers the decay of martial spirit, spoke of the...
الصفحة 178 - He kept a strait hand on his nobility, and chose rather to advance clergymen and lawyers, which were more obsequious to him, but had less interest in the people ; which made for his absoluteness, but not for his safety.
الصفحة 113 - To you, my sister," said she, " I address myself for the last time. I have been condemned, not to an ignominious death — it is so only to the guilty — but to rejoin your brother.
الصفحة 350 - I conceived you entertained of me ; that to your particular friends and connexions you have described, and they have denounced me, as a person under a dangerous influence, and that, if I would listen more to some other opinions, all would be well.
الصفحة 353 - Washington. If ever a nation was deceived by a man, the American nation has been deceived by Washington. Let his conduct then be an example to future ages. Let it serve to be a warning that no man may be an idol and that a people may confide in themselves rather than in an individual.
الصفحة 312 - Believe me, dear sir, there is not in the British Empire a man who more cordially loves a union with Great Britain than I do. But by the God that made me, I will cease to exist before I yield to a connection on such terms as the British Parliament propose; and in this I think I speak the sentiments of America.
الصفحة 349 - Having been a member of the General Convention, and knowing the principles on which the Constitution was formed, I have ever entertained but one opinion on this subject; and from the first establishment of the Government to this moment my conduct has exemplified that opinion — that the power of making treaties is exclusively vested...