The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 12A. Strahan; and T. Cadell ... and W. Davies, 1797 |
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Side 16
... must be fituate near Loldong , 1100 miles from Calcutta ; and , in 1774 , a British camp ! ( Rennel's Memoir , p . 7. 59. 9o , 91.99 . ) 27 See the Inftitutions , p . 141. to the end of the 1st book , and Sherefeddin ( 1. v . c . 1—16 ...
... must be fituate near Loldong , 1100 miles from Calcutta ; and , in 1774 , a British camp ! ( Rennel's Memoir , p . 7. 59. 9o , 91.99 . ) 27 See the Inftitutions , p . 141. to the end of the 1st book , and Sherefeddin ( 1. v . c . 1—16 ...
Side 21
... must have been odious to a Syrian ; but the notoriety of facts would have obliged him , in fome measure , to respect his enemy and himself . His bitters may correct the luscious fweets of Sherefeddin ( 1. v . c . 17—29 . ) . 35 These ...
... must have been odious to a Syrian ; but the notoriety of facts would have obliged him , in fome measure , to respect his enemy and himself . His bitters may correct the luscious fweets of Sherefeddin ( 1. v . c . 17—29 . ) . 35 These ...
Side 27
... must have turned the fortune of the day In that day , 43 • 42 The fultan himself ( fays Timour ) must then put the foot of courage into the ftirrup of patience . A Tartar metaphor , which is loft in the English , but preferved in the ...
... must have turned the fortune of the day In that day , 43 • 42 The fultan himself ( fays Timour ) must then put the foot of courage into the ftirrup of patience . A Tartar metaphor , which is loft in the English , but preferved in the ...
Side 46
... must be content to praise the Inftitutions of Timour , as the fpecious idea of a perfect monarchy . 4. Whatsoever might be the bleffings of his adminiftration , they evapo- rated with his life . To reign , rather than to govern , was ...
... must be content to praise the Inftitutions of Timour , as the fpecious idea of a perfect monarchy . 4. Whatsoever might be the bleffings of his adminiftration , they evapo- rated with his life . To reign , rather than to govern , was ...
Side 49
... must continually tremble : his vices alienated the chiefs of the army and the and his daily drunkenness , so contemptible in a prince and a man , was doubly odious in a difciple of the prophet . In the flumber of intoxi- cation , he was ...
... must continually tremble : his vices alienated the chiefs of the army and the and his daily drunkenness , so contemptible in a prince and a man , was doubly odious in a difciple of the prophet . In the flumber of intoxi- cation , he was ...
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