The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire Vol 7 Of 8 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 7 of 8 The ring is precisely the same with the French epigram against Preron: Un serpent mordit Jean Freren - Eh bicn Le serpent en mourut. But as the Paris wits are seldom read in the Anthology, I should be curious to learn through what channel it was conveyed for their imitation (constantin. Por phyrogen. Dc Themat. C. Ii: Drunk, Analect. Grace. Tom. Ii. P. 56, Brodzi Ano thologta, i. Ii. P. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.