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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... spirits foared beyond the reach of a vulgar eye ; and the chances of superior merit in a great and populous kingdom , as they are proved by ex- perience , would excufe the computation of ima- ginary millions . The territories of Athens ...
... spirits foared beyond the reach of a vulgar eye ; and the chances of superior merit in a great and populous kingdom , as they are proved by ex- perience , would excufe the computation of ima- ginary millions . The territories of Athens ...
Side 5
... spirit of the age . A From these confiderations , I fhould have aban- doned without regret the Greek flaves and their fervile hiftorians , had I not reflected that the fate of the Byzantine monarchy is passively connected with the most ...
... spirit of the age . A From these confiderations , I fhould have aban- doned without regret the Greek flaves and their fervile hiftorians , had I not reflected that the fate of the Byzantine monarchy is passively connected with the most ...
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... spirit of Roman freedom revived the ancient and lawful examples of the judgment of tyrants , and the Imperial culprits were depofed and condemned as the authors of the death of Con- ftantine . But the feverity of the conscript fathers ...
... spirit of Roman freedom revived the ancient and lawful examples of the judgment of tyrants , and the Imperial culprits were depofed and condemned as the authors of the death of Con- ftantine . But the feverity of the conscript fathers ...
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... spirit of the exile . With a band of followers , attached to his perfon by common hope or common defpair , Jufti- nian fled from the inhofpitable fhore to the hord of the Chozars , who pitched their tents be- tween the Tanais and ...
... spirit of the exile . With a band of followers , attached to his perfon by common hope or common defpair , Jufti- nian fled from the inhofpitable fhore to the hord of the Chozars , who pitched their tents be- tween the Tanais and ...
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... spirit , the prospect of an Imperial reward would have kindled every energy of the mind , and produced a crowd of competitors as deferving as they were defirous to reign . Even in the corruption and debility of the modern Greeks , the ...
... spirit , the prospect of an Imperial reward would have kindled every energy of the mind , and produced a crowd of competitors as deferving as they were defirous to reign . Even in the corruption and debility of the modern Greeks , the ...
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