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... monarch , but as the minister of a ferocious people , whose spirit was unbroken by slavery , and impatient of real or imaginary insults . Their poverty was in- curable ; since the most liberal donatives were soon dissipated in wasteful ...
... monarch , but as the minister of a ferocious people , whose spirit was unbroken by slavery , and impatient of real or imaginary insults . Their poverty was in- curable ; since the most liberal donatives were soon dissipated in wasteful ...
Side 9
... monarch yielded to the groans of his subjects and the clamours of his soldiers . A treaty of peace was negotiated by the bishop of Ravenna ; the Ostrogoths were admitted into the city , and the hostile kings con- sented , under the ...
... monarch yielded to the groans of his subjects and the clamours of his soldiers . A treaty of peace was negotiated by the bishop of Ravenna ; the Ostrogoths were admitted into the city , and the hostile kings con- sented , under the ...
Side 11
... monarch who perpetuated the separation of the Italians and Goths ; reserving Separation of the former for the arts of peace , and the latter for the service of war . To accomplish this design , he studied to protect his indus- trious ...
... monarch who perpetuated the separation of the Italians and Goths ; reserving Separation of the former for the arts of peace , and the latter for the service of war . To accomplish this design , he studied to protect his indus- trious ...
Side 12
... monarch , with the Burgundians ( Var . i . 45 , 46. ) , with the Franks ( ii . 40. ) , with the Thuringians ( iv . i . ) , and with the Vandals ( v . i . ) ; each of these epistles affords some curious knowledge of the policy and ...
... monarch , with the Burgundians ( Var . i . 45 , 46. ) , with the Franks ( ii . 40. ) , with the Thuringians ( iv . i . ) , and with the Vandals ( v . i . ) ; each of these epistles affords some curious knowledge of the policy and ...
Side 22
... monarch , and he confirmed the election of the most worthy or the most obsequious candidate . At the end of his life , in a mo- ment of jealousy and resentment , he prevented the choice of the Romans , by nominating a pope in the palace ...
... monarch , and he confirmed the election of the most worthy or the most obsequious candidate . At the end of his life , in a mo- ment of jealousy and resentment , he prevented the choice of the Romans , by nominating a pope in the palace ...
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