The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... spirits soared beyond the reach of a vulgar eye ; and the chances of superior merit in a great and populous kingdom , as they are proved by experience , would excuse the computation of imaginary millions . The terri- tories of Athens ...
... spirits soared beyond the reach of a vulgar eye ; and the chances of superior merit in a great and populous kingdom , as they are proved by experience , would excuse the computation of imaginary millions . The terri- tories of Athens ...
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... spirit of the age . Its connec the revolu the world . From these considerations , I should have abandoned without regret the Greek slaves and tion with their servile historians , had I not reflected that tions of the fate of the ...
... spirit of the age . Its connec the revolu the world . From these considerations , I should have abandoned without regret the Greek slaves and tion with their servile historians , had I not reflected that tions of the fate of the ...
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... spirit of Roman freedom revived the ancient and awful examples of the judgment of tyrants , and the imperial culprits were deposed and con- demned as the authors of the death of Constan- tine . But the severity of the conscript fathers ...
... spirit of Roman freedom revived the ancient and awful examples of the judgment of tyrants , and the imperial culprits were deposed and con- demned as the authors of the death of Constan- tine . But the severity of the conscript fathers ...
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... spirit of the exilė . With a band of followers , attached to his per- son by common hope or common despair , Justi- nian fled from the inhospitable shore to the hord of the Chozars , who pitched their tents between the Tanais and ...
... spirit of the exilė . With a band of followers , attached to his per- son by common hope or common despair , Justi- nian fled from the inhospitable shore to the hord of the Chozars , who pitched their tents between the Tanais and ...
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... spirit , the prospect of an imperial reward would have kindled every energy of the mind , and produced a crowd of competitors as deserving as they were desirous to reign . Even in the cor- ruption and debility of the modern Greeks , the ...
... spirit , the prospect of an imperial reward would have kindled every energy of the mind , and produced a crowd of competitors as deserving as they were desirous to reign . Even in the cor- ruption and debility of the modern Greeks , the ...
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