The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 9W. Hallhead, 1888 |
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... king affaulted the camp of the Orientals , and Thomas had the misfortune , or the weaknefs , to fall alive into the power of the conqueror . The hands and feet of the rebel were amputated ; he was placed on an afs , and , amidit the ...
... king affaulted the camp of the Orientals , and Thomas had the misfortune , or the weaknefs , to fall alive into the power of the conqueror . The hands and feet of the rebel were amputated ; he was placed on an afs , and , amidit the ...
Side 38
... king : but the loyal Theophobus rejected their offers , difconcerted their schemes , and escaped from their hands to the camp or palace of his royal brother . A ge- nerous confidence might have fecured a faithful and able guardian for ...
... king : but the loyal Theophobus rejected their offers , difconcerted their schemes , and escaped from their hands to the camp or palace of his royal brother . A ge- nerous confidence might have fecured a faithful and able guardian for ...
Side 40
... king before he was a man . If the ambitious mother laboured to check the progress of reafon , fhe could not cool the ebul- lition of paffion ; and her felfish policy was juftly repaid by the contempt and ingratitude of the headstrong ...
... king before he was a man . If the ambitious mother laboured to check the progress of reafon , fhe could not cool the ebul- lition of paffion ; and her felfish policy was juftly repaid by the contempt and ingratitude of the headstrong ...
Side 42
... kings continued to reign in Arme- nia ; and their royal defcendants furvived the partitition and fervitude of that ancient mo- narchy . Two of thefe , Artabanus and Chlienes , efcaped or retired to the court of Leo the firft : his ...
... kings continued to reign in Arme- nia ; and their royal defcendants furvived the partitition and fervitude of that ancient mo- narchy . Two of thefe , Artabanus and Chlienes , efcaped or retired to the court of Leo the firft : his ...
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