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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... reason , fhe could not cool the ebullition of paffion ; and her selfish policy was justly ' repaid by the contempt and ingratitude of the headstrong youth . At the age of eighteen , he rejected her authority , without feeling XLVIII ...
... reason , fhe could not cool the ebullition of paffion ; and her selfish policy was justly ' repaid by the contempt and ingratitude of the headstrong youth . At the age of eighteen , he rejected her authority , without feeling XLVIII ...
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... reason of his fage appellation , it can only be replied , that the son of Bafil was lefs ignorant than the greater part of his contemporaries in church and state ; that his education had been directed by the learned Photius ; and that ...
... reason of his fage appellation , it can only be replied , that the son of Bafil was lefs ignorant than the greater part of his contemporaries in church and state ; that his education had been directed by the learned Photius ; and that ...
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... reason were impaired by epileptic fits , and whose conscience was tormented by defpair and remorfe . The most skilful physicians of the mind and body were fummoned to his aid ; and his hopes were amused by frequent pilgrimages to the ...
... reason were impaired by epileptic fits , and whose conscience was tormented by defpair and remorfe . The most skilful physicians of the mind and body were fummoned to his aid ; and his hopes were amused by frequent pilgrimages to the ...
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... reason furvives and difdains the fixty phantoms of kings who have passed before our eyes , and faintly dwell on our remembrance . The obfervation , that , in every age and climate , ambition has prevailed with the fame commanding energy ...
... reason furvives and difdains the fixty phantoms of kings who have passed before our eyes , and faintly dwell on our remembrance . The obfervation , that , in every age and climate , ambition has prevailed with the fame commanding energy ...
Side 115
... reason , or piety , were filenced by the strong evidence of vifions and miracles ; and the pictures which speak , and move , and bleed , must be endowed with a divine energy , and may be confidered as the proper objects of religious ...
... reason , or piety , were filenced by the strong evidence of vifions and miracles ; and the pictures which speak , and move , and bleed , must be endowed with a divine energy , and may be confidered as the proper objects of religious ...
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