The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire · ¶38
Pater ispe colendi Haud facilem esse viam voluit, primusque par artem Movit agros; curis acuens mortalia corda, Nec torpere gravi passus sua Regna veterno. Gibbon, Misc. Works, iv. 540.Read in context ›
Edward Gibbon · Project Gutenberg #731 (Milman edition) — public domain
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