The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Band 8William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, Printed by Robert Carr, 1805 |
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... tion or death . On his descent from the hills , the emperor gave audience to the first ambassadors of Bajazet , and open- ed the hostile correspondence of complaints and menaces ; which fermented two years before the final explosion ...
... tion or death . On his descent from the hills , the emperor gave audience to the first ambassadors of Bajazet , and open- ed the hostile correspondence of complaints and menaces ; which fermented two years before the final explosion ...
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... tion restored his tranquillity ; and he passed to a more fami- liar topic of conversation . " What is your age ? " said he to the cadhi . " Fifty years . " .... " It would be the age of my eld- 66 est son : you see me here ( continued ...
... tion restored his tranquillity ; and he passed to a more fami- liar topic of conversation . " What is your age ? " said he to the cadhi . " Fifty years . " .... " It would be the age of my eld- 66 est son : you see me here ( continued ...
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... tion was boundless , and his zeal might aspire to conquer and convert the Christian kingdoms of the West , which already trembled at his name . He touched the utmost verge of the land ; but an insuperable , though narrow , sea rolled ...
... tion was boundless , and his zeal might aspire to conquer and convert the Christian kingdoms of the West , which already trembled at his name . He touched the utmost verge of the land ; but an insuperable , though narrow , sea rolled ...
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... tion of Cantacu- Clement 1348 . After the decease of Andronicus , while the Greeks were distracted by intestine war , they could not presume to agi- zene with tate a general union of the Christians . But as soon as Can- VI . A. D. ...
... tion of Cantacu- Clement 1348 . After the decease of Andronicus , while the Greeks were distracted by intestine war , they could not presume to agi- zene with tate a general union of the Christians . But as soon as Can- VI . A. D. ...
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... tion . As often as you are threatened by the miscreants , pre- " sent this danger before their eyes . Propose a council ; con- " sult on the means ; but ever delay and avoid the convoca- " tion of an assembly , which cannot tend ...
... tion . As often as you are threatened by the miscreants , pre- " sent this danger before their eyes . Propose a council ; con- " sult on the means ; but ever delay and avoid the convoca- " tion of an assembly , which cannot tend ...
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Beliebte Passagen
Seite lx - Thou hast most traitorously corrupted the youth of the realm in erecting a grammar school; and whereas, before, our forefathers had no other books but the score and the tally, thou hast caused printing to be used, and, contrary to the king, his crown and dignity, thou hast built a paper-mill.
Seite 16 - To the University of Oxford / acknowledge no obligation, and she will as cheerfully renounce me for a son, as I am willing to disclaim her for a mother. I spent fourteen months at Magdalen College: they proved the fourteen months the most idle and unprofitable of my whole life.
Seite 17 - In the university of Oxford, the greater part of the public professors have, for these many years, given up altogether even the pretence of teaching.
Seite 41 - A rich banker of Paris, a citizen of Geneva, had the good fortune and good sense to discover and possess this inestimable treasure ; and in the capital of taste and luxury she resisted the temptations of wealth, as she had sustained the hardships of indigence. The genius of her husband has exalted him to the most conspicuous station in Europe. In every change of prosperity and disgrace he has reclined on the bosom of a faithful friend ; and Mademoiselle Curchod is now the wife of M. Necker, the minister,...
Seite 74 - It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amidst the ruins of the Capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter,* that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind.
Seite 86 - From the adverse side of the house an ardent and powerful opposition was supported, by the lively declamation of Barre, the legal acuteness of Dunning, the profuse and philosophic fancy of Burke, and the argumentative vehemence of Fox, who in the conduct of a party approved himself equal to the conduct of an empire.
Seite 49 - The perfect composition, the nervous language, the well-tuned periods of Dr. Robertson, inflamed me to the ambitious hope that I might one day tread in his footsteps : the calm philosophy, the careless inimitable beauties of his friend and rival, often forced me to close the volume with a mixed sensation of delight and despair.
Seite 132 - ... adversaries, who, with the design of boarding, presumed to approach them; and the winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
Seite 87 - ... is productive of those warm sensibilities, which at a second meeting can no longer be rekindled. If I listened to the music of praise, I was more seriously satisfied with the approbation of my judges. The candour of Dr. Robertson embraced his disciple. A letter from Mr. Hume overpaid the labour of ten years ; but I have never presumed to accept a place in the triumvirate of British historians.
Seite 34 - After finishing this great author, a library of eloquence and reason, I formed a more extensive plan of reviewing the Latin classics,* under the four divisions of, 1. Historians, 2. Poets, 3. Orators, and 4. Philosophers, in a chronological series, from the days of Plautus and Sallust, to the decline of the language and empire of Rome...