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Side 10
... not with prayers and hymns , but with the clamours and imprecations of an enraged multitude . At their imperious command , He- racleonas racleonas appeared in the pulpit with the eldest CHA P. 10 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... not with prayers and hymns , but with the clamours and imprecations of an enraged multitude . At their imperious command , He- racleonas racleonas appeared in the pulpit with the eldest CHA P. 10 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Side 15
... command of millions , of whom the smallest community would not have chofen him for their local magiftrate . His favourite minif- ters were two beings the leaft fufceptible of hu- man fympathy , an eunuch and a monk : to the one he ...
... command of millions , of whom the smallest community would not have chofen him for their local magiftrate . His favourite minif- ters were two beings the leaft fufceptible of hu- man fympathy , an eunuch and a monk : to the one he ...
Side 20
... command- Philippicus , December . ed to extirpate the remains of the profcribed co- lony . In the fhort interval , the Cherfonites had returned to their city , and were prepared to die in arms ; the khan of the Chozars had renounced the ...
... command- Philippicus , December . ed to extirpate the remains of the profcribed co- lony . In the fhort interval , the Cherfonites had returned to their city , and were prepared to die in arms ; the khan of the Chozars had renounced the ...
Side 23
... command of the Anatolian legions , and by the fuffrage of the foldiers he was railed to the em- pire with the general applaufe of the Roman world . II . In this dangerous elevation , Leo the third fupported himself against the envy of ...
... command of the Anatolian legions , and by the fuffrage of the foldiers he was railed to the em- pire with the general applaufe of the Roman world . II . In this dangerous elevation , Leo the third fupported himself against the envy of ...
Side 32
... command of his enemies ; and their artful elo- quence perfuaded the foldiers to break the domi- nion of the eunuchs , to degrade the husband of Procopia , and to affert the right of a military election . They marched towards the capital ...
... command of his enemies ; and their artful elo- quence perfuaded the foldiers to break the domi- nion of the eunuchs , to degrade the husband of Procopia , and to affert the right of a military election . They marched towards the capital ...
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