Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 172
d the Pisans had carried it awayfrom the famous Library of Amalfi, near Naples,where it had been carefully kept for years. The book was drawn up in the reign of theRoman Emperor Justinian, and is a summaryand arrangement of all the laws up to his time.When he came to the throne, finding great… … treatises, comprising three million sentences.This volume in Florence was made in 534, andon the system it contains all modern law isfounded. So there is reason for keeping sucha curious and venerable work most carefully. CRITICISM. There is no word in the dictionary moreawe-inspiring to young…
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