Thursday, June 11, 2020

 

Clamors and Imprecations

Edward Gibbon (1737-1794), The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Chapter V:
But the people, secure in their numbers and obscurity, gave a free vent to their passions. The streets and public places of Rome resounded with clamours and imprecations.



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