The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... faithfully Defects of exposed the prosperous and adverse fortunes the Byzan of their reigns . Five centuries of the decline tory . and fall of the empire have already elapsed ; but a period of more than eight hundred years still ...
... faithfully Defects of exposed the prosperous and adverse fortunes the Byzan of their reigns . Five centuries of the decline tory . and fall of the empire have already elapsed ; but a period of more than eight hundred years still ...
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... faithful allies . His vessel was assaulted by a violent tempest ; and one of his pious companions advised him to deserve the mercy of God by a vow of general forgiveness , if he should be restored to the throne . “ Of forgiveness ...
... faithful allies . His vessel was assaulted by a violent tempest ; and one of his pious companions advised him to deserve the mercy of God by a vow of general forgiveness , if he should be restored to the throne . “ Of forgiveness ...
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... faithful mother : and her zeal in the restoration of images has deserved the name and honours of a saint , which she still occupies in the Greek calender . But the emperor attained the maturity of youth ; the maternal yoke became more ...
... faithful mother : and her zeal in the restoration of images has deserved the name and honours of a saint , which she still occupies in the Greek calender . But the emperor attained the maturity of youth ; the maternal yoke became more ...
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... faithfully kept above eight months , till the emperor , suspicious of his danger , escaped from Constantinople , with the design of appealing to the provinces and armies . By this hasty flight , the empress was left on the brink of the ...
... faithfully kept above eight months , till the emperor , suspicious of his danger , escaped from Constantinople , with the design of appealing to the provinces and armies . By this hasty flight , the empress was left on the brink of the ...
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... faithful 66 of your friends ? " After the death of his first wife , the emperor at the request of the senate , drew from her monastry Euphrosyne , the daugh- ter of Constantine VI . Her august birth might justify a stipulation in the ...
... faithful 66 of your friends ? " After the death of his first wife , the emperor at the request of the senate , drew from her monastry Euphrosyne , the daugh- ter of Constantine VI . Her august birth might justify a stipulation in the ...
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