The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 8: Complete in Eight VolumesG. Coure and lo. Poultry, 1825 |
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Side 137
... Rome , while new Rome survived , would have scorned to dig- nify the German Png with the titles of Βασιλευς οι Αὐτοκρατωρ Ρωμαίων : but all pride was extinct in the bosom of Chalcondyles ; and he describes the Byzantine prince , and his ...
... Rome , while new Rome survived , would have scorned to dig- nify the German Png with the titles of Βασιλευς οι Αὐτοκρατωρ Ρωμαίων : but all pride was extinct in the bosom of Chalcondyles ; and he describes the Byzantine prince , and his ...
Side 143
... Rome : the cardinals and favourites were enriched with the spoils of nations ; and every country might complain that the most important and valuable benefices were ac- cumulated on the heads of aliens and absentees . During their ...
... Rome : the cardinals and favourites were enriched with the spoils of nations ; and every country might complain that the most important and valuable benefices were ac- cumulated on the heads of aliens and absentees . During their ...
Side 144
... Rome and Avignon , the vices of the rivals were mutually exposed ; and their precarious situation degraded their authority , relaxed their discipline , and multiplied their wants and exactions . To heal the wounds , and restore the ...
... Rome and Avignon , the vices of the rivals were mutually exposed ; and their precarious situation degraded their authority , relaxed their discipline , and multiplied their wants and exactions . To heal the wounds , and restore the ...
Side 179
... Rome and Compa- THE respective merits of Rome and Constan- rison of tinople are compared and celebrated by an elo- Constan- quent Greek ; the father of the Italian schools . " The view of the ancient capital , the seat of his tinople ...
... Rome and Compa- THE respective merits of Rome and Constan- rison of tinople are compared and celebrated by an elo- Constan- quent Greek ; the father of the Italian schools . " The view of the ancient capital , the seat of his tinople ...
Side 180
... Rome was the habitation , not of men , but of gods . Those gods , and those men , had long since vanished ; but , to the eye of liberal enthu- siasm , the majesty of ruin restored the image of her an- cient prosperity . The monuments of ...
... Rome was the habitation , not of men , but of gods . Those gods , and those men , had long since vanished ; but , to the eye of liberal enthu- siasm , the majesty of ruin restored the image of her an- cient prosperity . The monuments of ...
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