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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... tion or amusement . At every step as we fink deeper in the decline and fall of the Eastern em- pire , the annals of each fucceeding reign would impofe a more ungrateful and melancholy task . These annals muft continue to repeat a ...
... tion or amusement . At every step as we fink deeper in the decline and fall of the Eastern em- pire , the annals of each fucceeding reign would impofe a more ungrateful and melancholy task . These annals muft continue to repeat a ...
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... tion with Its connec- the revolu tions of the world , Plan of the four laft The volumes . On this principle I fhall now establish the of the four laft volumes of the prefent work . first chapter will contain , in a regular feries , the ...
... tion with Its connec- the revolu tions of the world , Plan of the four laft The volumes . On this principle I fhall now establish the of the four laft volumes of the prefent work . first chapter will contain , in a regular feries , the ...
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... tion of Byzantine hiftory , the following nations will pafs before our eyes , and each will occupy the space to which it may be entitled by greatness or merit , or the degree of connection with the Ro- man world and the present age . I ...
... tion of Byzantine hiftory , the following nations will pafs before our eyes , and each will occupy the space to which it may be entitled by greatness or merit , or the degree of connection with the Ro- man world and the present age . I ...
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... tion , which emerged in the eleventh century from the Scythian wilderness . The former established a potent and splendid kingdom from the banks of the Oxus to Antioch and Nice ; and the first crufade was provoked by the violation of ...
... tion , which emerged in the eleventh century from the Scythian wilderness . The former established a potent and splendid kingdom from the banks of the Oxus to Antioch and Nice ; and the first crufade was provoked by the violation of ...
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... tion , and fought a refuge in the female apart- ment of the palace . The reign of Conftantine the third lasted only one hundred and three days : he expired in the thirtieth year of his age , and , although his life had been a long ...
... tion , and fought a refuge in the female apart- ment of the palace . The reign of Conftantine the third lasted only one hundred and three days : he expired in the thirtieth year of his age , and , although his life had been a long ...
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