The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 9W. Hallhead, 1888 |
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... eye ; and the chances of fupe- rior merit in a great and populous kingdom , as they are proved by experience , would excufe the computation of imaginary millions . The territories of Athens , Sparta , and their allies , do not exceed a ...
... eye ; and the chances of fupe- rior merit in a great and populous kingdom , as they are proved by experience , would excufe the computation of imaginary millions . The territories of Athens , Sparta , and their allies , do not exceed a ...
Side 5
... eye fhall be always fixed on the city of Conftantinople . The excurfive line may embrace the wilds of Arabia and Tartary , but the circle will be ultimately reduced to the de- creafing limit of the Roman monarchy . four laft On this ...
... eye fhall be always fixed on the city of Conftantinople . The excurfive line may embrace the wilds of Arabia and Tartary , but the circle will be ultimately reduced to the de- creafing limit of the Roman monarchy . four laft On this ...
Side 6
... eyes , and each will occupy the space to which it may be entitled by greatness or merit , or the degree of connection with the Roman world and the prefent age . I. The FRANKS ; a general appellation which in- cludes all the Barbarians ...
... eyes , and each will occupy the space to which it may be entitled by greatness or merit , or the degree of connection with the Roman world and the prefent age . I. The FRANKS ; a general appellation which in- cludes all the Barbarians ...
Side 16
... eye of pity on the proftrate fon of his own benefactor and of fo many emperors . The life of Juftini- an was fpared ; the amputation of his nofe , per- haps of his tongue , was imperfectly performed : the happy flexibility of the Greek ...
... eye of pity on the proftrate fon of his own benefactor and of fo many emperors . The life of Juftini- an was fpared ; the amputation of his nofe , per- haps of his tongue , was imperfectly performed : the happy flexibility of the Greek ...
Side 26
... eyes , or bind the conscience , of the Greeks . An oath of fidelity was administered in the palace , the church , and the hippodrome , to the feveral orders of the ftate , who adjured the holy names of the son , and mother , of God ...
... eyes , or bind the conscience , of the Greeks . An oath of fidelity was administered in the palace , the church , and the hippodrome , to the feveral orders of the ftate , who adjured the holy names of the son , and mother , of God ...
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