The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 6Abraham Small and M. Carey, 1816 |
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... Provinces The independent Dynasties 421 800-941 . The Aglabites 449 451 411 ib . 841-870 . Disorders of the Turkish 413 416 Guards 890-951 . Rise and Progress of the Carmathians · 454 456 457 458 459 460 ib . ib . ib . ib . 461 ib . ib ...
... Provinces The independent Dynasties 421 800-941 . The Aglabites 449 451 411 ib . 841-870 . Disorders of the Turkish 413 416 Guards 890-951 . Rise and Progress of the Carmathians · 454 456 457 458 459 460 ib . ib . ib . ib . 461 ib . ib ...
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... provinces , and may your private virtues re- " pair the mischief and scandal of your meeting . " They returned to their provinces ; but the same pas- sions which had distracted the synod of Ephesus were diffused over the Eastern world ...
... provinces , and may your private virtues re- " pair the mischief and scandal of your meeting . " They returned to their provinces ; but the same pas- sions which had distracted the synod of Ephesus were diffused over the Eastern world ...
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... provincial synods on the revolution of Alexandria ( p . 1835-1930 . ) 68 Photius ( or rather Eulogius of Alexandria ) confesses , in a fine passage , the specious colour of this double charge gainst pope Leo and his synod of Chalcedon ...
... provincial synods on the revolution of Alexandria ( p . 1835-1930 . ) 68 Photius ( or rather Eulogius of Alexandria ) confesses , in a fine passage , the specious colour of this double charge gainst pope Leo and his synod of Chalcedon ...
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... provinces of the East were decorated with the monuments of his religion31 ; and , though the far greater part of these costly struc- tures may be attributed to his taste or ostentation , the zeal of the royal architect was probably ...
... provinces of the East were decorated with the monuments of his religion31 ; and , though the far greater part of these costly struc- tures may be attributed to his taste or ostentation , the zeal of the royal architect was probably ...
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... province into a desolate and smoking wilderness . But in the creed of Justinian , the guilt of murder could not be applied to the slaughter of unbelievers ; and he piously laboured to establish with fire and sword the unity of the ...
... province into a desolate and smoking wilderness . But in the creed of Justinian , the guilt of murder could not be applied to the slaughter of unbelievers ; and he piously laboured to establish with fire and sword the unity of the ...
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Seite 272 - God, a night spent in arms, is of more avail than two months of fasting or prayer : whosoever falls in battle, his sins are forgiven : at the day of judgment his wounds shall be resplendent as vermilion, and odoriferous as musk ; and the loss of his limbs shall be supplied by the wings of angels and cherubim.
Seite 139 - Paul : and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
Seite 315 - One hundred years after his flight from Mecca the arms and the reign of his successors extended from India to the Atlantic Ocean, over the various and distant provinces which may be comprised under the names of, I. Persia ; II. Syria ; III. Egypt ; IV. Africa ; and V. Spain.
Seite 249 - Mahomet is free from suspicion or ambiguity ; and the Koran is a glorious testimony to the unity of God. The prophet of Mecca rejected the worship of idols and men, of stars and planets, on the rational principle that whatever rises must set, that whatever is born must die, that whatever is corruptible must decay and perish.
Seite 79 - But the subjects of the Byzantine empire, who assume and dishonour the names both of Greeks and Romans, present a dead uniformity of abject vices, which are neither softened by the weakness of humanity nor animated by the vigour of memorable crimes.
Seite 407 - Under the last of the Ommiades the Arabian empire extended two hundred days' journey from east to west, from the confines of Tartary and India to the shores of the Atlantic Ocean. And if we retrench the sleeve of the robe, as it is styled by their writers, the long and narrow province of Africa, the solid and compact dominion from...
Seite 433 - have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace : beloved by " my subjects, dreaded by my enemies, and respected by my allies. " Riches and honours, power and pleasure, have waited on my call, " nor does any earthly blessing appear to have been wanting to my " felicity. In this situation I have diligently numbered the days of " pure and genuine happiness which have fallen to my lot : they amount " to FOURTEEN : — O man ! place not thy confidence in this present
Seite 267 - There is a third,' replied the prophet; 'it is God himself.' No sooner was the pursuit abated than the two fugitives issued from the rock and mounted their camels; on the road to Medina, they were overtaken by the emissaries of the Koreish; they redeemed themselves with prayers and promises from their hands. In this eventful moment the lance of an Arab might have changed the history of the world.
Seite 251 - Verily, Christ Jesus, the son of Mary, is the apostle of God, and his word, which he conveyed unto Mary, and a Spirit proceeding from him : honourable in this world, and in the world to come ; and one of those who approach near to the presence of God.
Seite 419 - It came flying through the air," says that good knight, "like a winged dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the speed of lightning, and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this horrible illumination.