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 * width="10%" | P.87. || width="45%" | The present greatness of the Roman state, the corruption of manners, and the licence of the soldiers, added new weight to the advocates of monarchy. || width="45%" | The present greatness of the Roman state, the corruption of manners, and the licence of the soldiers supplied new arguments to the advocates of monarchy.
 * P.70. || However the latter [i.e. the name Cæsar], was diffused by adoption and female alliance, Nero was the last prince who could claim so noble an extraction. || However the latter was diffused by adoption and female alliance, Nero was the last prince who could allege any hereditary claim to the honours of the Julian line.
 * P.73. || Which… had just finished the conquest of Judaea. || Which… had recently achieved the conquest of Judaea.
 * P.106. || To ascend a throne streaming with the blood of so near a relation. || To ascend a throne polluted with the recent blood of so near a relation.
 * P.110. || Severus, who had sufficient greatness of mind to adopt several useful institutions from a vanquished enemy. || Severus, who afterwards displayed the greatness of his mind by adopting several useful institutions from a vanquished enemy.
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 * P.106. || To ascend a throne streaming with the blood of so near a relation. || To ascend a throne polluted with the recent blood of so near a relation.
 * P.110. || Severus, who had sufficient greatness of mind to adopt several useful institutions from a vanquished enemy. || Severus, who afterwards displayed the greatness of his mind by adopting several useful institutions from a vanquished enemy.
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These are a few specimens of the numerous cases in which alterations have been made for the purpose of improving the language. Sometimes, in the new edition, statements are couched in a less positive form. For example:—

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