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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... use and ornament of a remote history . From the time of Heraclius , the Byzantine theatre is contracted and darkened : the line of empire , which had been defined by the laws of Justinian and the arms of Belifarius , recedes on all ...
... use and ornament of a remote history . From the time of Heraclius , the Byzantine theatre is contracted and darkened : the line of empire , which had been defined by the laws of Justinian and the arms of Belifarius , recedes on all ...
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... use or the abuse of defpotifm . Yet the character of the fifth Conftantine was not devoid of merit , nor did his government always deserve the curfes or the contempt of the Greeks . From the confeffion of his enemies , I am in- formed ...
... use or the abuse of defpotifm . Yet the character of the fifth Conftantine was not devoid of merit , nor did his government always deserve the curfes or the contempt of the Greeks . From the confeffion of his enemies , I am in- formed ...
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... use and benefit the palace and the ground . Nor was Theo- philus content with this extravagant fatisfaction : his zeal converted a civil trefpass into a criminal act ; and the unfortunate patrician was ftripped and fcourged in the ...
... use and benefit the palace and the ground . Nor was Theo- philus content with this extravagant fatisfaction : his zeal converted a civil trefpass into a criminal act ; and the unfortunate patrician was ftripped and fcourged in the ...
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... use of a road , an aqueduct , or an hofpital , is obvious and folid ; and the hundred churches that arose by the command of Bafil , were confecrated to the devotion of the age . In the character of a judge , he was affiduous and ...
... use of a road , an aqueduct , or an hofpital , is obvious and folid ; and the hundred churches that arose by the command of Bafil , were confecrated to the devotion of the age . In the character of a judge , he was affiduous and ...
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... use of the pregnant empreffes ; and the royal birth of their children was expreffed by the ap- pellation of porphyrogenite , or born in the purple . Several of the Roman princes had been bleffed XLVIII . CHAP . with an heir ; but this ...
... use of the pregnant empreffes ; and the royal birth of their children was expreffed by the ap- pellation of porphyrogenite , or born in the purple . Several of the Roman princes had been bleffed XLVIII . CHAP . with an heir ; but this ...
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