The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... tyrant : a 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 ...
... tyrant : a 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 ...
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... 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 XLVIII . ment of and Hera- A. D. 641 , 12 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... 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 XLVIII . ment of and Hera- A. D. 641 , 12 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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... tyrant , and the death of the deacon Theodosius could alone expiate the crime of his royal birth . His mur- der was avenged by the imprecations of the peo- ple , and the assassin in the fulness of power , was driven from his capital ...
... tyrant , and the death of the deacon Theodosius could alone expiate the crime of his royal birth . His mur- der was avenged by the imprecations of the peo- ple , and the assassin in the fulness of power , was driven from his capital ...
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... tyrant was easy , his punishment just , and his beauteous head was exposed in the hippodrome : but I cannot applaud the cle- mency of a prince , who , among a crowd of vic- tims , condemned the son of a patrician , for de- ploring with ...
... tyrant was easy , his punishment just , and his beauteous head was exposed in the hippodrome : but I cannot applaud the cle- mency of a prince , who , among a crowd of vic- tims , condemned the son of a patrician , for de- ploring with ...
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... had been drawn , was dragged before these tumultary judges , and their clamours demanded the instant death of the tyrant . But Leontius who was already clothed 66 XLVIII . with the purple , cast an eye of 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... had been drawn , was dragged before these tumultary judges , and their clamours demanded the instant death of the tyrant . But Leontius who was already clothed 66 XLVIII . with the purple , cast an eye of 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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