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" They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object had been to facilitate the marches of the legions ; nor was any country considered as completely subdued, till it had been rendered'... "
Annals of the Road: Or, Notes on Mail and Stage Coaching in Great Britain - Page 318
by Harold Esdaile Malet, Nimrod - 1876 - 403 pages
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Annual Register, Volume 19

Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 750 pages
...fubjecb of the moft diftant provinces by an eafy and familiar intercourfe ; but their primary objeil had been to facilitate the marches of the legions ; nor was any country confidered as completely fubdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, pervious to the arms...
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The Annual Register, Or, A View of the History, Politics, and Literature for ...

History - 1788 - 642 pages
...to facilitate the-, marches of the legions-, nor was any country confidered as cempletely fubdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, pervious to the arms and authority of ihr conqueror. The advantage of receiving the earlieft intelligence, and of conveying their orders...
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The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, Volume 19

Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 638 pages
...centuries. They united the fubjeSs of the moft dillant provinces by an eafy and familiar intercourfe ;. but their primary object had been to facilitate the marches of the legions; nor was any coim try confidered as completely fubducd, till it had been rendered, in all its pnrts, pervious to...
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Annual Register of World Events, Volume 19

History - 1788 - 638 pages
...fubjecb of the moll dillant provinces by an eafy and familiar intercourfe ; but their primary objcft bad been to facilitate the marches of the legions ; nor was any country confidered as completely Itibdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, pervious to the arms...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1802 - 496 pages
...been to facilitate the marches of the legions; nor was any country confidered as completely fubdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, pervious to the arms and authoPorts. rity of the conqueror. The advantage of receiving the earlieft intelligence, and of conveying...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 494 pages
...subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse; but their primary pbject had been to facilitate the marches of the> legions...subdued, till it had been rendered, in all its parts, previous to the arms and authority of the conqueror. The advantage of Post*. receiving the earliest...
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Herodotus, Volume 4

Herodotus - Greece - 1812 - 562 pages
...admiration of all who attentively consider the subject; they are thus excellently described by Gibbon : " The advantage of receiving the earliest intelligence,...conveying their orders with celerity, induced the emperor* to establish, throughout their extensive dominions, the regular institution of posts. Houses...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1816 - 472 pages
...centuries. They united the subjects of the most distant provinces hy an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object had been to facilitate the...all its parts, pervious to the arms and authority rosts. of the conqueror. The advantage of receiving the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1821 - 474 pages
...centuries. They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object had been to facilitate the...pervious to the arms and authority of the conqueror. Posts. The advantage of receiving the earliest intelligence, and of conveying their orders with celerity,...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1826 - 468 pages
...ries. They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object had been to facilitate the...conqueror. The advantage of receiving the earliest intel-рми. licence, and of conveying their orders with celerity, induced the emperors to establish,...
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