 | John Agg - 1817 - 308 pàgines
...calculated," says Gibbon, " by the ablest politicians, that no state, without 224 DANGERS FROM A PERMAtfEK* being soon exhausted, can maintain above th'e hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness." Again, he asset's, that " an hundred thousand welt-disciplined soldiers vill command, with despotic... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1821 - 474 pàgines
...small community. It has herof the™" been calculated by the ablest politicians, that no state, people. without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the...idleness. But although this relative proportion may be unifprm, the influence of the army over the rest of the society will vary according to the degree of... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 564 pàgines
...an extensive monarchy, than ^'numl^'of 'th* in a small community. It has been cal- people, culated by the ablest politicians, that no state, without...hundredth part of its members in arms and idleness. Bat although this relative proportion may be uniform, the influence of the army over the rest of the... | |
 | Edward Bishop Elliott - 1845 - 110 pàgines
...half-century and more now in question. 2. But, says Mr. Arnold, with the Prsetorian Prefects the sword 1 " The power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy than a small community." Gibb. i. 167. This is the commencing sentence of his Chapter v ; and introductory... | |
 | 1847 - 762 pàgines
...catch at, and parade every thing that looks like a coincidence. Gibbon's remark was no more than this: "The power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy, than in a small community." consequences. But the text tells us that power was given to kill with the sword, famine, and beasts,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 468 pàgines
...VICTORY OF SEVERUS OVER nis THREE KIVALS — • RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE — NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its J^"^"™" members in arms and idleness. But although this relative i*'0Pleproportion may be uniform,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1854 - 556 pàgines
...VICTORY OF SEVEHUS OVER HIS THREE KIVALS — RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE — NEW MAXIMS OF GOVERNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...in a small community. It has been calculated by the proportion ablest politicians, that no state, without being soon ex- ^^ et"^'~ hausted, can maintain... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1856 - 750 pàgines
...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...has been calculated by the ablest politicians, that nb state, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1857 - 720 pàgines
...their companions upon guard ; and Pertinax was speedily 'irfpatched with a multitude of wounds. S ~>- The power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy than in a small community. To illustrate this observat;,rn we need only reflect that the tyrant of a single town, or a small district... | |
 | Edward Gibbon, William Smith - 1862 - 466 pàgines
...VICTOBY OF SBVEBUS OVEB HIS TBBEE RIVALS — RELAXATION OF DISCIPLINE — NEW MAXIMS OF GOVEBNMENT. THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an...in a small community. It has been calculated by the proportion ablest politicians, that no state, without being soon ex- jLy'force1" hausted, can maintain... | |
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THE power of the sword is more sensibly felt in an extensive monarchy than in a small community. It has been calculated by the ablest politicians that no state, without being soon exhausted, can maintain above the hundredth part of its members in arms... 
