 | 1865 - 992 psl.
...hands of successive emperors. Speaking of this period, Gibbon has these remarkable expressions : " The power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy, than in a small community. The praetorians, who had murdered their emperor, sold the empire. The command of these formidable troops... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1868 - 670 psl.
...AND VICTORY OF SEVERUS OVER HIS THREE RIVALS. RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE. NEW MAXIMS Of GOVERNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth pan of its members in arms and idleness. But although this relative proportion may be uniform, the... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1871 - 652 psl.
...WARS AND VICTORY OF SEVERUS OVER HIS THREE RIVALS. RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE. NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...extensive monarchy, than in a small community. It has been cal culated by the ablest politicians, that no state, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1887 - 1040 psl.
...VICTORY OF SBVERÜS OVER HIS THRCR KIVALS RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy than in a «mall community. It has been calculated by the proportion ablest politicians, that no state, without... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1898 - 720 psl.
...Victory of Severus over his three Rivals. Relaxation of Discipline. New Maxims of Goverument. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...calculated by the ablest politicians that no State, withProportion of . . " t ihe milttary out being soon exhausted, can maintain above the force to tbe... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1899 - 668 psl.
...WARS AND VICTOEY OF SEVERUS OVER HIS THREE RIVALS. RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE. NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...the ablest politicians, that no state, without being toon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness. But although... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1907 - 542 psl.
...WARS, AND VICTORY OF SEVERUS OVER HIS THREE RIVALS RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...although this relative proportion may be uniform, its influence over the rest of the society will vary according to the degree of its positive strength.... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1906 - 478 psl.
...victory of Severus over his three rivals Relaxation of discipline New maxims of government THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...although this relative proportion may be uniform, its influence over the rest of the society will vary according to the degree of its positive strength.... | |
 | Ervine, St. John G. (St. John Greer), b. 1883, St. John Greer Ervine - 1924 - 224 psl.
...us. At the beginning of the fifth chapter of the first volume of the " Decline and Fall ", he says : It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no state, without soon being exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness. I... | |
 | James O'Donnell Bennett - 1928 - 488 psl.
...the year 193) to Didius Julianus by the Praetorian guards? On that page these observations are made: "The power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness. . . . The tyrant of a single town, or small district, would soon discover that a hundred armed followers... | |
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