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... Soon after his entrance into the palace of Conftantinople , he had oc cafion for the fervice of a barber . An officer , magnificently dreffed , immediately presented him- felf . " It is a barber , " exclaimed the prince , 52 Julian . in ...
... Soon after his entrance into the palace of Conftantinople , he had oc cafion for the fervice of a barber . An officer , magnificently dreffed , immediately presented him- felf . " It is a barber , " exclaimed the prince , 52 Julian . in ...
Side 53
... soon as he was informed of their approach , he leaped from his throne , eagerly advanced to meet them , and compelled the blufhing magiftrates to receive the demon- strations of his affected humility . palace they proceeded to the ...
... soon as he was informed of their approach , he leaped from his throne , eagerly advanced to meet them , and compelled the blufhing magiftrates to receive the demon- strations of his affected humility . palace they proceeded to the ...
Side 102
... soon have been annihilated , it was found convenient to fuppofe , that the marvel- lous wood poffeffed a fecret power of vegetation ; and that its fubftance , though continually dimi- nished , still remained entire and unimpaired " . It ...
... soon have been annihilated , it was found convenient to fuppofe , that the marvel- lous wood poffeffed a fecret power of vegetation ; and that its fubftance , though continually dimi- nished , still remained entire and unimpaired " . It ...
Side 268
... Bafil . The letters of Bafil himself ( Dupin , Bibliotheque Ecclefiaftique , tom . ii . p . 155-180 . ) do not prefent the image of a very lively perfecution . XXV . and as soon as we have stripped away 17 and 268 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... Bafil . The letters of Bafil himself ( Dupin , Bibliotheque Ecclefiaftique , tom . ii . p . 155-180 . ) do not prefent the image of a very lively perfecution . XXV . and as soon as we have stripped away 17 and 268 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 269
Edward Gibbon. XXV . and as soon as we have stripped away a thick CHAP . coat of rhetoric and miracle , we fhall be afto- nished by the unexpected mildness of the Arian tyrant , who admired the firmness of his charac- ter , or was ...
Edward Gibbon. XXV . and as soon as we have stripped away a thick CHAP . coat of rhetoric and miracle , we fhall be afto- nished by the unexpected mildness of the Arian tyrant , who admired the firmness of his charac- ter , or was ...
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