The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 3Cadell & Davies; J. Johnson; F. & C. Rivington; ... [and 32 others], 1807 |
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... mind , the defect of his modeft filence has been liberally fupplied by the ingenuity of fucceeding writers ; who defcribe the nocturnal vision which appeared to the fancy of Conftantine , as he slept within the walls of Byzantium . The ...
... mind , the defect of his modeft filence has been liberally fupplied by the ingenuity of fucceeding writers ; who defcribe the nocturnal vision which appeared to the fancy of Conftantine , as he slept within the walls of Byzantium . The ...
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... minds of the fpectators . On foot , with a lance in his hand , the emperor himfelf led the folemn proceffion ; and directed the line , which was traced as the boundary of the destined capital : till the growing circumference was ...
... minds of the fpectators . On foot , with a lance in his hand , the emperor himfelf led the folemn proceffion ; and directed the line , which was traced as the boundary of the destined capital : till the growing circumference was ...
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... mind was depreffed by civil and religious flavery , that we should feek for the fouls of Homer and of Demofthenes . Edifices . 44 During the fiege of Byzantium , the conqueror had pitched his tent on the commanding eminence of the ...
... mind was depreffed by civil and religious flavery , that we should feek for the fouls of Homer and of Demofthenes . Edifices . 44 During the fiege of Byzantium , the conqueror had pitched his tent on the commanding eminence of the ...
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... minds . of the degenerate Romans , that many of the youth of Italy , and the provinces , chofe to cut off the fingers of their right hand to escape from being preffed into the service ; and this ftrange ex- pedient was so commonly ...
... minds . of the degenerate Romans , that many of the youth of Italy , and the provinces , chofe to cut off the fingers of their right hand to escape from being preffed into the service ; and this ftrange ex- pedient was so commonly ...
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... mind were contracted by the irreconcileable feparation of talents as well as of profeffions . The accom- plifhed citizens of the Greek and Roman repub- lics , whofe characters could adapt themselves to the bar , the fenate , the camp ...
... mind were contracted by the irreconcileable feparation of talents as well as of profeffions . The accom- plifhed citizens of the Greek and Roman repub- lics , whofe characters could adapt themselves to the bar , the fenate , the camp ...
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