The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 7Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... palace of Constantinople . The pas- sions or even the prudence of Gelimer compelled him to reject these requests , which were urged in the haughty tone of menace and command ; and he justified his ambition in a language rarely spoken in ...
... palace of Constantinople . The pas- sions or even the prudence of Gelimer compelled him to reject these requests , which were urged in the haughty tone of menace and command ; and he justified his ambition in a language rarely spoken in ...
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... palace . The pa- triarch pronounced his benediction , the emperor signified his last commands , the general's trumpet gave the signal of departure , and every heart , ac- cording to its fears or wishes , explored with anxious curiosity ...
... palace . The pa- triarch pronounced his benediction , the emperor signified his last commands , the general's trumpet gave the signal of departure , and every heart , ac- cording to its fears or wishes , explored with anxious curiosity ...
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Edward Gibbon. and he advanced without opposition as far as Grasse , a palace of the Vandal kings , at the distance of fifty miles from Carthage . The weary Romans indulged themselves in the refreshment of shady groves , cool fountains ...
Edward Gibbon. and he advanced without opposition as far as Grasse , a palace of the Vandal kings , at the distance of fifty miles from Carthage . The weary Romans indulged themselves in the refreshment of shady groves , cool fountains ...
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... the deepest dungeon of the palace by their affrighted keeper , who implored the protection of his captives , and showed them , through an aperture in the wall the sails of the Roman fleet . After their separation 20 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... the deepest dungeon of the palace by their affrighted keeper , who implored the protection of his captives , and showed them , through an aperture in the wall the sails of the Roman fleet . After their separation 20 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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... palace ; seated himself on the throne of Genseric ; accepted and distributed the barbaric spoil ; granted their lives to the suppliant Vandals ; and laboured to repair the damage which the suburb of Mandracium had sustained in the pre ...
... palace ; seated himself on the throne of Genseric ; accepted and distributed the barbaric spoil ; granted their lives to the suppliant Vandals ; and laboured to repair the damage which the suburb of Mandracium had sustained in the pre ...
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