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Side viii
... hun- dred years ; and we are pleased to blend the three Chinese monosyllables , Con - fú - tzee , in the respectable name of Con- fucius , or even to adopt the Portuguese corruption of Man- darin . But I would vary the use of Zoroaster ...
... hun- dred years ; and we are pleased to blend the three Chinese monosyllables , Con - fú - tzee , in the respectable name of Con- fucius , or even to adopt the Portuguese corruption of Man- darin . But I would vary the use of Zoroaster ...
Side 2
... Huns still threatened their revolted subjects , but their hasty attack was repelled by the single forces of Walamir , and the news of his victory reached the distant camp of his brother in the same auspi- cious moment that the favourite ...
... Huns still threatened their revolted subjects , but their hasty attack was repelled by the single forces of Walamir , and the news of his victory reached the distant camp of his brother in the same auspi- cious moment that the favourite ...
Side 14
... Huns ; the flower and even the hope of the Roman armies was irretrievably destroyed ; and such was the temperance with which Theodoric had inspired his victorious troops , that as their leader had not given the signal of pillage , the ...
... Huns ; the flower and even the hope of the Roman armies was irretrievably destroyed ; and such was the temperance with which Theodoric had inspired his victorious troops , that as their leader had not given the signal of pillage , the ...
Side 44
... Huns , their close sleeves and ample garments , a lofty step , and a sonorous voice . In the day they concealed their two - edged poniards , but in the night they boldly assembled in arms , and in numerous bands , prepared for every act ...
... Huns , their close sleeves and ample garments , a lofty step , and a sonorous voice . In the day they concealed their two - edged poniards , but in the night they boldly assembled in arms , and in numerous bands , prepared for every act ...
Side 52
... Huns , and the Turks , who successively reigned over that indus- trious people . Yet the most savage dominion has not extirpated the seeds of agriculture and commerce , in a region which is cele → brated as one of the four gardens of ...
... Huns , and the Turks , who successively reigned over that indus- trious people . Yet the most savage dominion has not extirpated the seeds of agriculture and commerce , in a region which is cele → brated as one of the four gardens of ...
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