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 6
... senate , wars be- adhered to the person , or at least to the govern- ment , of the old emperor ; and it was only in the provinces , by flight , and revolt , and foreign suc- April 20. cour , that the malecontents could hope to vindi ...
... senate , wars be- adhered to the person , or at least to the govern- ment , of the old emperor ; and it was only in the provinces , by flight , and revolt , and foreign suc- April 20. cour , that the malecontents could hope to vindi ...
Side 14
... senate , and the people were tempted by the name of freedom . By this powerful confederacy , the great domestic was assaulted at first with clandestine , at length with open arms . His prerogatives were dis- puted ; his opinion slighted ...
... senate , and the people were tempted by the name of freedom . By this powerful confederacy , the great domestic was assaulted at first with clandestine , at length with open arms . His prerogatives were dis- puted ; his opinion slighted ...
Side 31
... senate , he steered with a broken and flying squadron for the isle of Candia , and abandoned to his rivals the sovereignty of the sea . In a public epistle , " addressed to the doge and senate , Petrarch employs his eloquence to ...
... senate , he steered with a broken and flying squadron for the isle of Candia , and abandoned to his rivals the sovereignty of the sea . In a public epistle , " addressed to the doge and senate , Petrarch employs his eloquence to ...
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... senate . But the choice of the place appeared to be an insuperable obstacle , since he refused to pass the Alps , or the sea of Sicily , and posi- tively required that the synod should be adjourned to some convenient city in Italy , or ...
... senate . But the choice of the place appeared to be an insuperable obstacle , since he refused to pass the Alps , or the sea of Sicily , and posi- tively required that the synod should be adjourned to some convenient city in Italy , or ...
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... senators . They sailed in the Bucen- taur , which was accompanied by twelve stately galleys : the sea was overspread with innumerable gondolas of pomp and pleasure ; the air resounded with music and acclamations : the mariners , and ...
... senators . They sailed in the Bucen- taur , which was accompanied by twelve stately galleys : the sea was overspread with innumerable gondolas of pomp and pleasure ; the air resounded with music and acclamations : the mariners , and ...
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