The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 9A. Strahan; and T. Cadell ... and W. Davies, 1797 |
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... she held in chains a captive and an enemy . The emprefs was overthrown by the abufe of victory ; the oath of fidelity which the exacted to herself alone , was pronounced with reluctant murmurs ; and the bold refufal of the Armenian ...
... she held in chains a captive and an enemy . The emprefs was overthrown by the abufe of victory ; the oath of fidelity which the exacted to herself alone , was pronounced with reluctant murmurs ; and the bold refufal of the Armenian ...
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... she had placed about his perfon , with a menace , that unless they accomplished , he would reveal , their treafon . Their fear rendered them intrepid ; they seized the emperor on the Afiatic fhore , and he was transported to the ...
... she had placed about his perfon , with a menace , that unless they accomplished , he would reveal , their treafon . Their fear rendered them intrepid ; they seized the emperor on the Afiatic fhore , and he was transported to the ...
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... she was content with the title of mother of Theophilus , his fon and fucceffor . • lus , The character of Theophilus is a rare example Theophi in which religious zeal has allowed , and perhaps A. D. 829 , magnified , the virtues of an ...
... she was content with the title of mother of Theophilus , his fon and fucceffor . • lus , The character of Theophilus is a rare example Theophi in which religious zeal has allowed , and perhaps A. D. 829 , magnified , the virtues of an ...
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... She deferved the love , but did not efcape the severity , of her lord . From the palace garden he beheld a veffel deeply laden , and steering into the port on the discovery that the precious cargo of Syrian luxury was the property of ...
... She deferved the love , but did not efcape the severity , of her lord . From the palace garden he beheld a veffel deeply laden , and steering into the port on the discovery that the precious cargo of Syrian luxury was the property of ...
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... she adopted as her fon . Danielis prefented him with thirty flaves ; and the produce of her bounty was ex- pended in the fupport of his brothers , and the purchase of some large eftates in Macedonia . His gratitude or ambition ftill ...
... she adopted as her fon . Danielis prefented him with thirty flaves ; and the produce of her bounty was ex- pended in the fupport of his brothers , and the purchase of some large eftates in Macedonia . His gratitude or ambition ftill ...
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