Note 140
For the intelligence of this obscure and obsolete jurisprudence (c. 80 - 111) I am deeply indebted to the friendship of a learned lord, who, with an accurate and discerning eye, has surveyed the philosophic history of law. By his studies, posterity might be enriched: the merit of the orator and the judge can be felt only by his contemporaries.

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The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire —Fall In The East —Chapter 58