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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... youths , climbing by a ladder in search of pigeons ' nests , detected the fatal secret ; and , as Andronicus felt himself touched and bound by the excommunication , he trembled on the brink of the abyss which had been so treacherously ...
... youths , climbing by a ladder in search of pigeons ' nests , detected the fatal secret ; and , as Andronicus felt himself touched and bound by the excommunication , he trembled on the brink of the abyss which had been so treacherously ...
Side 7
... youth of Andronicus had been without spirit , his age was without reverence ; his taxes produced an annual revenue of 500,000l . yet the richest of the sovereigns of Christendom was incapable of maintaining three thousand horse and ...
... youth of Andronicus had been without spirit , his age was without reverence ; his taxes produced an annual revenue of 500,000l . yet the richest of the sovereigns of Christendom was incapable of maintaining three thousand horse and ...
Side 10
... youth had accelerated the infirmities of age ; and after being rescued from a dan- gerous malady by nature , or physic , or the Virgin , he was snatched away before he had accomplished his forty- His two fifth year . He was twice ...
... youth had accelerated the infirmities of age ; and after being rescued from a dan- gerous malady by nature , or physic , or the Virgin , he was snatched away before he had accomplished his forty- His two fifth year . He was twice ...
Side 11
... youth ; their families were almost equally noble ; * and the recent lustre of the pur- ple was amply compensated by the energy of a private education . We have seen that the young emperor was saved by Cantacuzene from the power of his ...
... youth ; their families were almost equally noble ; * and the recent lustre of the pur- ple was amply compensated by the energy of a private education . We have seen that the young emperor was saved by Cantacuzene from the power of his ...
Side 21
... youth from the temptations of a luxurious capital . But the distance weakened the powers of control ; and the son of Andro- nicus was surrounded with artful or unthinking compa- nions , who taught him to hate his guardian , to deplore ...
... youth from the temptations of a luxurious capital . But the distance weakened the powers of control ; and the son of Andro- nicus was surrounded with artful or unthinking compa- nions , who taught him to hate his guardian , to deplore ...
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