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Side iv
... tion of that country is the best and most honourable reward of my labours . Were I ambitious of any other patron than the Public , I would inscribe this work to a Statesman , who , in a long , a stormy , and at length an unfortunate ...
... tion of that country is the best and most honourable reward of my labours . Were I ambitious of any other patron than the Public , I would inscribe this work to a Statesman , who , in a long , a stormy , and at length an unfortunate ...
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... TION OF CONSTANTINOPLE . - III . TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK.- IV . FINANCES AND TAXES . - V . EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN . - CHURCH OF ST . SOPHIA . FORTIFICATIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE . - VI . ABOLITION OF THE SCHOOLS OF ...
... TION OF CONSTANTINOPLE . - III . TRADE AND MANUFACTURE OF SILK.- IV . FINANCES AND TAXES . - V . EDIFICES OF JUSTINIAN . - CHURCH OF ST . SOPHIA . FORTIFICATIONS AND FRONTIERS OF THE EASTERN EMPIRE . - VI . ABOLITION OF THE SCHOOLS OF ...
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... tion . " But as the barbarian despised , or affected to despise , the Romans of the east , whom he had so often vanquished , he soon declared his resolution of suspending the easy conquest , till he had achieved a more glorious and ...
... tion . " But as the barbarian despised , or affected to despise , the Romans of the east , whom he had so often vanquished , he soon declared his resolution of suspending the easy conquest , till he had achieved a more glorious and ...
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... tion ; he aggravated the offence , by compelling him to ratify with a solemn oath , a treaty of reconciliation and alliance ; he proclaimed his suspicions ; he neglected his safety ; and from a vain confidence that the enemy whom he ...
... tion ; he aggravated the offence , by compelling him to ratify with a solemn oath , a treaty of reconciliation and alliance ; he proclaimed his suspicions ; he neglected his safety ; and from a vain confidence that the enemy whom he ...
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... tion from his numerous train , who seemed to rejoice in the tyrant's death . Such was the fate of Valentinian III . * the last Roman emperor of the family of Theodosius . He faithfully imitated the hereditary weakness of his cousin and ...
... tion from his numerous train , who seemed to rejoice in the tyrant's death . Such was the fate of Valentinian III . * the last Roman emperor of the family of Theodosius . He faithfully imitated the hereditary weakness of his cousin and ...
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