The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 10
The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire 10
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1603,) and de Virtutibus et Vitus, (by Henry Valesius, or de Valois, Paris J634.) Digitized by Google OF THE ROIVTAN EMPIRE. »j difference or contempt. The Basilics will sink ta a broken copy, a partial and mutilated versioa in the Greek language, of the laws of Justinian ; but the sense of the old civilians is often superseded by the influence of bigotry; and the absolute prohi- bition of divorce, conpubinage, and interest for money, enslaves the freedom of trade and the hap- piness of private... life. In the historical book, a subject of Cpnstantine might admire the inimitable virtues of Greece and Rome ; he might learn to what a pitch of energy and elevation the human character had formerly aspired. But a contrary effect must have been produced by a new edition of the lives of the saints, which the great logothete, or chancellor of the empire, was directed to pre- pare ; and the dark fund of superstition was en- riched by the fabulous and florid legends of Simon the Metaphrast *. The merits and miracles of the whole calender are of less account in the eyes of a sage, than the toil of a single husbandman, who multiplies the gifts of the Creator, and supplies the food of his brethren.
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1603,) and de Virtutibus et Vitus, (by Henry Valesius, or de Valois, Paris J634.) Digitized by Google OF THE ROIVTAN EMPIRE. »j difference or contempt. The Basilics will sink ta a broken copy, a partial and mutilated versioa in the Greek language, of the laws of Justinian ; but the sense of the old civilians is often superseded by the influence of bigotry; and the absolute prohi- bition of divorce, conpubinage, and interest for money, enslaves the freedom of trade and the hap- piness of private... life. In the historical book, a subject of Cpnstantine might admire the inimitable virtues of Greece and Rome ; he might learn to what a pitch of energy and elevation the human character had formerly aspired. But a contrary effect must have been produced by a new edition of the lives of the saints, which the great logothete, or chancellor of the empire, was directed to pre- pare ; and the dark fund of superstition was en- riched by the fabulous and florid legends of Simon the Metaphrast *. The merits and miracles of the whole calender are of less account in the eyes of a sage, than the toil of a single husbandman, who multiplies the gifts of the Creator, and supplies the food of his brethren.
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