Note 093 Apud Homerum patrem omnis virtutis, (1^st Praefat. ad Pandect.) A line of Milton or Tasso would surprise us in an act of parliament. Quae omnia obtinere sancimus in omne aevum. Of the first Code, he says, (2^d Praefat.,) in aeternum valiturum. Man and forever!

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 44