The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, כרך 5

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Henry G. Bohn, 1854
 

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עמוד 2 - Under his reign, and by his care, the civil jurisprudence was digested in the immortal works of the Code, the Pandects, and the Institutions : the public reason of the Romans has been silently or studiously transfused into the domestic institutions of Europe, and the laws of Justinian still command the respect or obedience of independent nations.
עמוד 403 - Long life and victory to Charles, the most pious Augustus, crowned by God the great and pacific Emperor of the Romans...
עמוד 347 - Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
עמוד 33 - When Justinian ascended the throne, the Reformation of the Roman jurisprudence was an arduous but indispensable task. In the space of ten centuries the infinite variety of laws and legal opinions had filled many thousand volumes, which no -fortune could purchase and no capacity could digest. Books could not easily be found ; and the judges, poor .in the midst of riches, were reduced to the exercise of their illiterate discretion.
עמוד 382 - Their temporal dominion is now confirmed by the reverence of a thousand years ; and their noblest title is the free choice of a people whom they had redeemed from slavery.
עמוד 468 - In the Author of the universe, his rational enthusiasm confessed and adored an infinite and eternal being, without form or place, without issue or similitude, present to our most secret thoughts, existing by the necessity of his own nature, and deriving from himself all moral and intellectual perfection.
עמוד 438 - ... of sedentary Arabs to the fortunate spots which can afford food and refreshment to themselves and their cattle, and which encourage their industry in the cultivation of the palm-tree and the vine. The high lands that border on the Indian ocean are distinguished by their superior plenty of wood and water; the air is more temperate, the fruits are more delicious, the animals and the human race more numerous; the fertility of the soil invites and rewards the toil of the husbandman; and the peculiar...
עמוד 463 - Mahomet was distinguished by the beauty of his person, — an outward gift which is seldom despised, except by those to whom it has been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance, that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures, that enforced each expression of the tongue.
עמוד 487 - There is a third,' replied the prophet; 'it is God himself.' No sooner was the pursuit abated than the two fugitives issued from the rock and mounted their camels; on the road to Medina, they were overtaken by the emissaries of the Koreish; they redeemed themselves with prayers and promises from their hands. In this eventful moment the lance of an Arab might have changed the history of the world.

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