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... received the fair impres- fion of their judicious precepts , and the absence of paffion might easily be mistaken for the strength of reason . His preceptors gradually rofe to the rank and confequence of minifters of state * ; and , as ...
... received the fair impres- fion of their judicious precepts , and the absence of paffion might easily be mistaken for the strength of reason . His preceptors gradually rofe to the rank and confequence of minifters of state * ; and , as ...
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... received into the military and domestic service of the palace ; and the ad- mirable skill , which they were accustomed to dif- play in the unbounded plains of Scythia , was exercised , on a more narrow theatre , in the parks and ...
... received into the military and domestic service of the palace ; and the ad- mirable skill , which they were accustomed to dif- play in the unbounded plains of Scythia , was exercised , on a more narrow theatre , in the parks and ...
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... received the intelli- gence of his defeat and death . During the fea- fon of fincere grief , or oftentatious mourning , the Eastern emperor was interrupted by the ar- rival of the principal chamberlain of Maximus : and the choice of a ...
... received the intelli- gence of his defeat and death . During the fea- fon of fincere grief , or oftentatious mourning , the Eastern emperor was interrupted by the ar- rival of the principal chamberlain of Maximus : and the choice of a ...
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Edward Gibbon. XXVII . CHAP tian , he had received the Imperial diadem : his patience would encourage the odious suspicion , that he was more deeply fenfible of former in- juries , than of recent obligations ; and if he ac- cepted the ...
Edward Gibbon. XXVII . CHAP tian , he had received the Imperial diadem : his patience would encourage the odious suspicion , that he was more deeply fenfible of former in- juries , than of recent obligations ; and if he ac- cepted the ...
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... received the facrament of baptifm " from Acholius , the orthodox bishop of Theffalonica " : and , as the emperor afcended from the holy font , ftill glow- ing with the warm feelings of regeneration , he dictated a folemn edict , which ...
... received the facrament of baptifm " from Acholius , the orthodox bishop of Theffalonica " : and , as the emperor afcended from the holy font , ftill glow- ing with the warm feelings of regeneration , he dictated a folemn edict , which ...
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