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" Numidia; the perpetual stream of hot water was poured into the capacious basins through so many wide mouths of bright and massy silver; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury which... "
The philosophy of the bath; or, Air and water in health and disease - Side 126
af Durham Dunlop - 1873
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The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, Bind 1

Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 454 sider
...filver ; and the meaneft Roman could purchafe, with a fmall copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a fcene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Afia. From thefe ftately palaces iffued a fwarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without fhoes.and without...
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The Attic Nights of Aulus Gellius, Bind 1

Aulus Gellius - 1795 - 454 sider
...fdver ; and the meancft Roman could purchafe, with a /mall copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a fcene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Afia. From thefe ftately palaces iflued a fwarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without fhoes, and without...
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The Medical and Physical Journal: Containing the Earliest ..., Bind 16

1806 - 630 sider
...use the language of Gibbon, " the meanest citizen could purchase with a small copper coin, the _daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia." For the structure of such costly edifices we must, therefore, interest the philanthropy which so eminently...
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Travels After the Peace of Amiens: Through Parts of France ..., Bind 3

John Gustavus Lemaistre - 1806 - 400 sider
...wide mouths of bright and massy silver : and the meanest Roman could purchase with a small copper coin the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury...mantle ; who loitered away whole days in the street or the forum, to hear news, and to hold disputes; who dissipated in extravagant gaming the miserable pittance...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Bind 5

Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 460 sider
...mouths of bright and massy silver ; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia f. From these stately palaces issued a swarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without shoes, and without...
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The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects, Bind 2

James Rennie - 1831 - 434 sider
...water flowed from silver fountains, " where the meanest Roman could purchase with a small copper coin the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury...which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia*." But this was not public happiness. In the crowded dwellings of the city the wives and children of the...
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The Menageries: Quadrupeds, Described and Drawn from Living Subjects..

James Rennie - 1831 - 422 sider
...water flowed from silver fountains, " where the meanest Roman could purchase with a small copper coin the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury...which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia*." But this was not public happiness. In the crowded dwellings of the city the wives and children of the...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Bind 2

Edward Gibbon - 1831 - 468 sider
...mouths of bright and massy silver ; and the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury, which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia.(58) From these stately palaces issued a swarm of dirty and ragged plebeians, without shoes, ana...
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An Essay on the Roman Villas of the Augustan Age, Their Architectural ...

Thomas Moule - 1833 - 204 sider
...2 was poured into capacious basins through many wide mouths of bright and massy silver, displaying a scene of pomp and luxury which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia1. Wilkins, in his translation of Vitruvius, says there is perhaps no instance remaining of Roman...
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The Family Library (Harper)., Bind 164

1844 - 312 sider
...water flowed from silver fountains, "where the meanest Roman could purchase, with a small copper coin, the daily enjoyment of a scene of pomp and luxury...which might excite the envy of the kings of Asia."* But this was not public happiness. In the crowded dwellings of the city, the * Gibbon, chap. xxii....
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