The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... laws of Justinian and the arms of Belisarius , recedes on all sides from our view : the Roman name , the proper subject of our inquiries , is reduced to a narrow corner of Europe , to the lonely suburbs of Constantinople ; and the fate ...
... laws of Justinian and the arms of Belisarius , recedes on all sides from our view : the Roman name , the proper subject of our inquiries , is reduced to a narrow corner of Europe , to the lonely suburbs of Constantinople ; and the fate ...
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... law ; and who exercised his independent vote in the go- vernment of the republic . Their numbers seem to be multiplied by the strong and various dis- criminations of character ; under the shield of freedom , on the wings of emulation ...
... law ; and who exercised his independent vote in the go- vernment of the republic . Their numbers seem to be multiplied by the strong and various dis- criminations of character ; under the shield of freedom , on the wings of emulation ...
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... law of eternal justice , was de- graded by the vices of his subjects ; and on the throne , in the camp , in the schools , we search , perhaps with fruitless diligence , the names and characters that may deserve to be rescued from ...
... law of eternal justice , was de- graded by the vices of his subjects ; and on the throne , in the camp , in the schools , we search , perhaps with fruitless diligence , the names and characters that may deserve to be rescued from ...
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... laws , by his second marriage with his niece Martina ; and his superstition of the Greeks beheld the judgment of heaven in the diseases of the father and the deformity of his offspring . But the opinion of an illegitimate birth is suffi ...
... laws , by his second marriage with his niece Martina ; and his superstition of the Greeks beheld the judgment of heaven in the diseases of the father and the deformity of his offspring . But the opinion of an illegitimate birth is suffi ...
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... law- Septem giver was dishonoured by the vices of a boy , who imitated his namesake only in the expen- sive luxury of building . His passions were strong ; his understanding was feeble ; and he was intoxicated with a foolish pride ...
... law- Septem giver was dishonoured by the vices of a boy , who imitated his namesake only in the expen- sive luxury of building . His passions were strong ; his understanding was feeble ; and he was intoxicated with a foolish pride ...
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