The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... , from treaties , and from the oaths of fidelity , already repeated by a second or third generation of obedient subjects . Experience and Christianity had refuted VOL . VII . B the superstitious hope , that Rome was founded by the.
... , from treaties , and from the oaths of fidelity , already repeated by a second or third generation of obedient subjects . Experience and Christianity had refuted VOL . VII . B the superstitious hope , that Rome was founded by the.
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... Christian Arabs ; the Huns , a veteran band of eight hundred warriors , were oppressed by superior numbers ; the flight of the Isaurians was intercepted ; but the Ro- man infantry stood firm on the left , for Belisarius himself ...
... Christian Arabs ; the Huns , a veteran band of eight hundred warriors , were oppressed by superior numbers ; the flight of the Isaurians was intercepted ; but the Ro- man infantry stood firm on the left , for Belisarius himself ...
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... Christian church of Jerusalem . A long train of the noblest Vandals reluctantly exposed their lofty stature and ... Christianity ( see Bleterie , Mem . de l'Academie , tom . xxi . p . 302-332 ) , a triumph might be given with less ...
... Christian church of Jerusalem . A long train of the noblest Vandals reluctantly exposed their lofty stature and ... Christianity ( see Bleterie , Mem . de l'Academie , tom . xxi . p . 302-332 ) , a triumph might be given with less ...
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... Christian Europe , is now at least twelve miles in circumference ( Jul . Cæsar . Capaccii Hist . Neapol . 1. i . p . 47 ) and contains more inhabitants ( 350,000 ) in a given space than any other spot in the known world . Not ...
... Christian Europe , is now at least twelve miles in circumference ( Jul . Cæsar . Capaccii Hist . Neapol . 1. i . p . 47 ) and contains more inhabitants ( 350,000 ) in a given space than any other spot in the known world . Not ...
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... Christians , they are suppliants , they are now your fellow - subjects . Restore the children to their parents , the wives to their husbands ; and show them , by your generosity , of what friends they have obstinately deprived them ...
... Christians , they are suppliants , they are now your fellow - subjects . Restore the children to their parents , the wives to their husbands ; and show them , by your generosity , of what friends they have obstinately deprived them ...
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