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above all things vain and transitory ; recline thy beard and chin on thy breast ;
turn thy eyes and thy thought towards the middle of thy belly , the region of the
navel ; and search the place of the heart , the seat of the soul . At first all will be
dark ...
above all things vain and transitory ; recline thy beard and chin on thy breast ;
turn thy eyes and thy thought towards the middle of thy belly , the region of the
navel ; and search the place of the heart , the seat of the soul . At first all will be
dark ...
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As often as you are threatened by the miscreants , present this danger before
their eyes . Propose a council ; consult on the means ; but ever delay and avoid
the convocation of an assembly , which cannot tend either to our spiritual or
temporal ...
As often as you are threatened by the miscreants , present this danger before
their eyes . Propose a council ; consult on the means ; but ever delay and avoid
the convocation of an assembly , which cannot tend either to our spiritual or
temporal ...
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Cast your eyes on the Palatine Hill , and seek among the shapeless and
enormous fragments the marble theatre , the obelisks , the colossal statues , the
porticoes of Nero's palace . Survey the other hills of the city ; the vacant space is ...
Cast your eyes on the Palatine Hill , and seek among the shapeless and
enormous fragments the marble theatre , the obelisks , the colossal statues , the
porticoes of Nero's palace . Survey the other hills of the city ; the vacant space is ...
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CHAPTER LVIII | 13 |
Raymond of Toulouse 38 | 77 |
CHAPTER LIX | 88 |
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| Titel | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 6 The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon |
| Autor/in | Edward Gibbon |
| Verlag | Nottingham Society, 1845 |
| Original von | Ohio State University |
| Digitalisiert | 23. Sept. 2013 |
| ISBN | 0713991240, 9780713991246 |
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