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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Side 6
... monks . A nume- rous , and almost general , synod of the bishops of the eastern empire , was summoned to celebrate , at the same time , the dedication of the church , and the baptism of the founder . This double ceremony was performed ...
... monks . A nume- rous , and almost general , synod of the bishops of the eastern empire , was summoned to celebrate , at the same time , the dedication of the church , and the baptism of the founder . This double ceremony was performed ...
Side 25
... monks , or solitaries , because they choose to live alone , without any witnesses of their actions . They fear the gifts of fortune , from the apprehension of losing them ; and , lest they should be miserable , they em- brace a life of ...
... monks , or solitaries , because they choose to live alone , without any witnesses of their actions . They fear the gifts of fortune , from the apprehension of losing them ; and , lest they should be miserable , they em- brace a life of ...
Side 36
... monks be- trayed Greece , and followed the Gothic camp . 9 For Stilicho's Greek war , compare the honest narrative of Zosimus , ( lib . 5. p . 295 , 296. ) with the curious circumstantial flattery of Claudian . ( 1. Cons . Stilich . lib ...
... monks be- trayed Greece , and followed the Gothic camp . 9 For Stilicho's Greek war , compare the honest narrative of Zosimus , ( lib . 5. p . 295 , 296. ) with the curious circumstantial flattery of Claudian . ( 1. Cons . Stilich . lib ...
Side 53
... monk , whose death was more useful to mankind than his life . " The Romans were provoked by the interruption of their pleasures ; and the rash monk , who had descended into the arena , to separate the gladiators , was overwhelmed under ...
... monk , whose death was more useful to mankind than his life . " The Romans were provoked by the interruption of their pleasures ; and the rash monk , who had descended into the arena , to separate the gladiators , was overwhelmed under ...
Side 169
... for a monk of the fourteenth century . * See Maffei Verona Illustrata , part 1. lib . 5. p . 83–106 . tages , and of escaping the burdens , of a CHAP . XXXI . 169 of allegiance and protection were succeeded by the mu- ...
... for a monk of the fourteenth century . * See Maffei Verona Illustrata , part 1. lib . 5. p . 83–106 . tages , and of escaping the burdens , of a CHAP . XXXI . 169 of allegiance and protection were succeeded by the mu- ...
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