The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... labours ; a single misfortune will attract the barbarians into the heart of your exhausted empire . " . Justinian felt the 66 weight of this salutary advice ; he was confounded by the unwonted freedom of an obsequious servant ; and the ...
... labours ; a single misfortune will attract the barbarians into the heart of your exhausted empire . " . Justinian felt the 66 weight of this salutary advice ; he was confounded by the unwonted freedom of an obsequious servant ; and the ...
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... labours were not un- successful , and the troops were safely disembarked at Methone on the Messenian coast , to repose them- selves for a while after the fatigues of the sea . In this place they experienced how avarice , invested with ...
... labours were not un- successful , and the troops were safely disembarked at Methone on the Messenian coast , to repose them- selves for a while after the fatigues of the sea . In this place they experienced how avarice , invested with ...
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... labours of their life ; and their vacant hours were amused by panto- mimes , chariot - races , and the music and dances of the theatre . In a march of ten or twelve days , the vigilance of Belisarius was constantly awake and active ...
... labours of their life ; and their vacant hours were amused by panto- mimes , chariot - races , and the music and dances of the theatre . In a march of ten or twelve days , the vigilance of Belisarius was constantly awake and active ...
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... labour ; and Gelimer , who had feared to trust his person in an open town , beheld with astonishment and despair the rising strength of an impregnable fortress . That unfortunate monarch , after the loss of his capital , applied himself ...
... labour ; and Gelimer , who had feared to trust his person in an open town , beheld with astonishment and despair the rising strength of an impregnable fortress . That unfortunate monarch , after the loss of his capital , applied himself ...
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... labour of fifty men . The lofty wooden turrets moved on wheels or rollers , and formed a spacious platform of the level of the rampart . On the morning of the nineteenth day , a general attack was made from the Prænestine gate to the ...
... labour of fifty men . The lofty wooden turrets moved on wheels or rollers , and formed a spacious platform of the level of the rampart . On the morning of the nineteenth day , a general attack was made from the Prænestine gate to the ...
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