The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... sovereign acquired a fund of innocent and productive wealth . According to the nature of the soil , his lands were sown with corn or ' planted with vines ; the pastures were filled with horses and oxen , with sheep and hogs ; and when ...
... sovereign acquired a fund of innocent and productive wealth . According to the nature of the soil , his lands were sown with corn or ' planted with vines ; the pastures were filled with horses and oxen , with sheep and hogs ; and when ...
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... sovereign of Constantinople congratulated his own and the public fortune . " There was a time , " said he , " a far distant " time , when the Roman empire extended to the Adriatic , the Ti- gris , and the confines of Ethiopia . After ...
... sovereign of Constantinople congratulated his own and the public fortune . " There was a time , " said he , " a far distant " time , when the Roman empire extended to the Adriatic , the Ti- gris , and the confines of Ethiopia . After ...
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... sovereign , were insensibly abolished . But his claims still lived in the minds of the people ; and the royal youth must speedily attain the years of manhood and ambition . By fear or conscience , Palæologus was restrained from dipping ...
... sovereign , were insensibly abolished . But his claims still lived in the minds of the people ; and the royal youth must speedily attain the years of manhood and ambition . By fear or conscience , Palæologus was restrained from dipping ...
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... sovereign of Constantinople , but they rejected the chains of the Ro- man pontiff , and supported their refusal by successful arms . Under their protection , the fugitive monks and bishops assembled in hos- tile synods ; and retorted ...
... sovereign of Constantinople , but they rejected the chains of the Ro- man pontiff , and supported their refusal by successful arms . Under their protection , the fugitive monks and bishops assembled in hos- tile synods ; and retorted ...
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... sovereign , to whom their service was useless , and their presence importunate , endeavoured to discharge the torrent on some neighbouring countries . After the peace of Sicily , many thousands of Genoese , Catalans ( 47 ) , & c . who ...
... sovereign , to whom their service was useless , and their presence importunate , endeavoured to discharge the torrent on some neighbouring countries . After the peace of Sicily , many thousands of Genoese , Catalans ( 47 ) , & c . who ...
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