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Page 39
... equal ardour , the wealth and the poverty of nations . To rob , to ravage , and to murder , in their imposing language , are the arts of civil policy . When they have made the world a solitude , they call it peace . SUBJECTION TO ...
... equal ardour , the wealth and the poverty of nations . To rob , to ravage , and to murder , in their imposing language , are the arts of civil policy . When they have made the world a solitude , they call it peace . SUBJECTION TO ...
Page 138
... equal , each of them forty cubits , over which was its solid height of forty cubits ; over which a cloister went round about whose height was ten cubits , and it was covered from enemies by breast - works and bulwarks . There was also ...
... equal , each of them forty cubits , over which was its solid height of forty cubits ; over which a cloister went round about whose height was ten cubits , and it was covered from enemies by breast - works and bulwarks . There was also ...
Page 148
... equal to twenty - one miles . It should not be forgotten that the form of the city was almost that of a circle , the geometrical figure which is known to contain the largest space within any given circumference . The architect Vitruvius ...
... equal to twenty - one miles . It should not be forgotten that the form of the city was almost that of a circle , the geometrical figure which is known to contain the largest space within any given circumference . The architect Vitruvius ...
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