The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 4: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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... a princely education in the palace of Constanti- nople ; and his inglorious life was spent in that peace- ful and splendid seat of royalty , from whence he appeared VOL . IV . B to reign over the provinces of Thrace , Asia Minor THE ...
... a princely education in the palace of Constanti- nople ; and his inglorious life was spent in that peace- ful and splendid seat of royalty , from whence he appeared VOL . IV . B to reign over the provinces of Thrace , Asia Minor THE ...
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... palace of Con- stantinople . The ambitious candidate eagerly solicited , at the expense of the fairest part of his patrimony , the honours and emoluments of some provincial govern- ment : the lives and fortunes of the unhappy people ...
... palace of Con- stantinople . The ambitious candidate eagerly solicited , at the expense of the fairest part of his patrimony , the honours and emoluments of some provincial govern- ment : the lives and fortunes of the unhappy people ...
Side 9
... palace of Constantinople . They discovered that Arcadius was not inclined to love the daughter of Rufinus , who had been chosen , without his consent , for his bride ; and they contrived to sub- stitute in her place the fair Eudoxia ...
... palace of Constantinople . They discovered that Arcadius was not inclined to love the daughter of Rufinus , who had been chosen , without his consent , for his bride ; and they contrived to sub- stitute in her place the fair Eudoxia ...
Side 10
... palace ; bearing aloft the diadem , the robes , and the inestimable ornaments , of the future empress . The solemn procession passed through the streets of the city , which were adorned with garlands , and filled with spec- tators ; but ...
... palace ; bearing aloft the diadem , the robes , and the inestimable ornaments , of the future empress . The solemn procession passed through the streets of the city , which were adorned with garlands , and filled with spec- tators ; but ...
Side 11
... palace , opposed , with equal arms , the artful mea- sures of the eunuch Eutropius ; but the timid soul of Rufinus was astonished by the hostile approach of a more formidable rival , of the great Stilicho , the gene- ral , or rather the ...
... palace , opposed , with equal arms , the artful mea- sures of the eunuch Eutropius ; but the timid soul of Rufinus was astonished by the hostile approach of a more formidable rival , of the great Stilicho , the gene- ral , or rather the ...
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