The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... Capitol to the royal library of Paris , the despot Andrew Palæologus , reserving the Morea , and stipulating some private advantages , conveys to Charles VIII . king of France , the empires of Constantinople and Trebizond ( Spondanus ...
... Capitol to the royal library of Paris , the despot Andrew Palæologus , reserving the Morea , and stipulating some private advantages , conveys to Charles VIII . king of France , the empires of Constantinople and Trebizond ( Spondanus ...
Page 219
... capitol to the provinces , they are con- sidered as so many branches which have been suc- cessively severed from the imperial trunk . The foundation of a second Rome on the shores of the Bosphorus has compelled the historian to follow ...
... capitol to the provinces , they are con- sidered as so many branches which have been suc- cessively severed from the imperial trunk . The foundation of a second Rome on the shores of the Bosphorus has compelled the historian to follow ...
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... capitol were nourished by the incessant and increasing swarms of pilgrims and suppliants ; the pale of christianity was enlarged , and the pope and cardinals were * See Ducange , Gloss . mediæ et infimæ Latinitat . tom . vi . p . 364 ...
... capitol were nourished by the incessant and increasing swarms of pilgrims and suppliants ; the pale of christianity was enlarged , and the pope and cardinals were * See Ducange , Gloss . mediæ et infimæ Latinitat . tom . vi . p . 364 ...
Page 229
... capitol , with volleys of stones and darts . The houses of his adherents were levelled with the ground : Paschal escaped with difficulty and danger : he levied an army in the patrimony of St. Peter ; and his last days were embittered by ...
... capitol , with volleys of stones and darts . The houses of his adherents were levelled with the ground : Paschal escaped with difficulty and danger : he levied an army in the patrimony of St. Peter ; and his last days were embittered by ...
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... capitol , was struck on the temple by a stone , and expired in a few days . The latter was severely wounded in the persons of his servants . In a civil commotion , several of his priests had been made prisoners ; and the inhuman Romans ...
... capitol , was struck on the temple by a stone , and expired in a few days . The latter was severely wounded in the persons of his servants . In a civil commotion , several of his priests had been made prisoners ; and the inhuman Romans ...
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