The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... hands , the weight " of the sceptre . Your sex is excluded by na- " ture from the toils of government . How could ' you combat , how could you answer , the bar- barians , who , with hostile or friendly inten- " tions , may approach the ...
... hands , the weight " of the sceptre . Your sex is excluded by na- " ture from the toils of government . How could ' you combat , how could you answer , the bar- barians , who , with hostile or friendly inten- " tions , may approach the ...
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... hands of an aristo- cracy . 66 66 II , A. D. 641 , Sep- We shall imagine ourselves transported five Constans hundred years backwards to the age of the An- D tonines , if we listen to the oration which Con- tember . stans II . pronounced ...
... hands of an aristo- cracy . 66 66 II , A. D. 641 , Sep- We shall imagine ourselves transported five Constans hundred years backwards to the age of the An- D tonines , if we listen to the oration which Con- tember . stans II . pronounced ...
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... hands of the deacon the mystic cup of the blood of Christ . Odious to himself and to mankind , Constans perished by domestic , perhaps by episcopal , treason in the capital of Sicily . A servant who waited in the bath , after pouring ...
... hands of the deacon the mystic cup of the blood of Christ . Odious to himself and to mankind , Constans perished by domestic , perhaps by episcopal , treason in the capital of Sicily . A servant who waited in the bath , after pouring ...
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... hands of two hundred thousand patriots ex- pected only the voice of a leader . The night was chosen for their deliverance ; and in the first effort of the conspirators , the prefect was slain , and the prisons were forced open : the ...
... hands of two hundred thousand patriots ex- pected only the voice of a leader . The night was chosen for their deliverance ; and in the first effort of the conspirators , the prefect was slain , and the prisons were forced open : the ...
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... hands , the two emissaries of the khan , Justinian sent back his wife to her bro- ther , and embarked on the Euxine in search of new and more faithful allies . His vessel was assaulted by a violent tempest ; and one of his pious ...
... hands , the two emissaries of the khan , Justinian sent back his wife to her bro- ther , and embarked on the Euxine in search of new and more faithful allies . His vessel was assaulted by a violent tempest ; and one of his pious ...
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