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Page 136
... Roman Emperor's achievement , to ' give laws to willing peoples ' ; and it was remote from the word in the Middle Ages , where the Holy Roman Empire , so far as it was more than religious , was a shadow of ancient dignity with limited ...
... Roman Emperor's achievement , to ' give laws to willing peoples ' ; and it was remote from the word in the Middle Ages , where the Holy Roman Empire , so far as it was more than religious , was a shadow of ancient dignity with limited ...
Page 138
... Roman use of the word which made , or rather left , local self- government as the basis of the Empire ; so that ' Em ... Roman Em- pire became a menace to freedom , namely , the levying of taxes and the demand for armed forces . But the ...
... Roman use of the word which made , or rather left , local self- government as the basis of the Empire ; so that ' Em ... Roman Em- pire became a menace to freedom , namely , the levying of taxes and the demand for armed forces . But the ...
Page 168
... Roman poet cannot picture the world of the dead as Homer did , so much the worse for that Roman poet . ' Or again : ' A wanderer by sea , landed or wrecked on many strange coasts , must have intercourse with many people ; and some of ...
... Roman poet cannot picture the world of the dead as Homer did , so much the worse for that Roman poet . ' Or again : ' A wanderer by sea , landed or wrecked on many strange coasts , must have intercourse with many people ; and some of ...
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