The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11F. De Fau, 1906 - Byzantine Empire |
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... palace a beautiful maid , of a private , though noble , family of Artois ; and her mother had been tempted by the lustre of the purple to forfeit her engagements with a gentleman of Burgundy . His love was converted into rage ; he ...
... palace a beautiful maid , of a private , though noble , family of Artois ; and her mother had been tempted by the lustre of the purple to forfeit her engagements with a gentleman of Burgundy . His love was converted into rage ; he ...
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... palace were opened without resistance to his grandson . His principal commander scorned the repeated warnings of danger ; and retiring to rest in the vain security of ignorance , abandoned the feeble monarch , with some priests and ...
... palace were opened without resistance to his grandson . His principal commander scorned the repeated warnings of danger ; and retiring to rest in the vain security of ignorance , abandoned the feeble monarch , with some priests and ...
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... palace , and have smiled to behold the capital in flames , rather than in the possession of a rival . She yielded to the prayers of her friends and enemies ; and the treaty was dictated by the conqueror , who professed a loyal and ...
... palace , and have smiled to behold the capital in flames , rather than in the possession of a rival . She yielded to the prayers of her friends and enemies ; and the treaty was dictated by the conqueror , who professed a loyal and ...
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