The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Zväzok 5P. F. Collier & Son, 1899 |
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Strana 21
... captive rather than a master ; and till the Imperial coronation of Charlemagne , the government of Rome and Italy was exercised in the name of the successors of Con- stantine.41 The liberty of Rome , which had been oppressed by the arms ...
... captive rather than a master ; and till the Imperial coronation of Charlemagne , the government of Rome and Italy was exercised in the name of the successors of Con- stantine.41 The liberty of Rome , which had been oppressed by the arms ...
Strana 67
... captives were delivered to the executioner , or shot from his military engines ; and , after the siege and surrender of Milan , the buildings of that stately capital were razed to the ground , three hundred hostages were sent into ...
... captives were delivered to the executioner , or shot from his military engines ; and , after the siege and surrender of Milan , the buildings of that stately capital were razed to the ground , three hundred hostages were sent into ...
Strana 92
... captives and the spoil . The freedom of his countrymen disdained the laws of justice ; they proudly indulged the spontaneous impulse of pity and benevolence . The religion of the Arabs , 44 as well as of the Indians , con- sisted in the ...
... captives and the spoil . The freedom of his countrymen disdained the laws of justice ; they proudly indulged the spontaneous impulse of pity and benevolence . The religion of the Arabs , 44 as well as of the Indians , con- sisted in the ...
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... captive was piously slaughtered by the prince of the Saracens , the ally and soldier of the emperor Justinian.52 A parent who drags his son to the altar , exhibits the most pain ful and sublime effort of fanaticism : the deed , or the ...
... captive was piously slaughtered by the prince of the Saracens , the ally and soldier of the emperor Justinian.52 A parent who drags his son to the altar , exhibits the most pain ful and sublime effort of fanaticism : the deed , or the ...
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... captives , they appealed to the secret books of Adam , Seth , and Enoch ; and a slight infusion of the gospel has transformed the las remnant of the Polytheists into the Christians of St. John , in the territory of Bassora.58 The altars ...
... captives , they appealed to the secret books of Adam , Seth , and Enoch ; and a slight infusion of the gospel has transformed the las remnant of the Polytheists into the Christians of St. John , in the territory of Bassora.58 The altars ...
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Strana 43 - Long life and victory to Charles, the most pious Augustus, crowned by God the great and pacific emperor of the Romans...
Strana 103 - ... shame or reproach, but he was reduced to a narrow circle of existence, and deprived of those faithful mirrors, which reflect to our mind the minds of sages and heroes.
Strana 102 - ... been refused. Before he spoke, the orator engaged on his side the affections of a public or private audience. They applauded his commanding presence, his majestic aspect, his piercing eye, his gracious smile, his flowing beard, his countenance that painted every sensation of the soul, and his gestures that enforced each expression of the tongue.
Strana 288 - A victorious line of march had been prolonged above a thousand miles from the rock of Gibraltar to the banks of the Loire ; the repetition of an equal space would have carried the Saracens to the confines of Poland and the Highlands of Scotland ; the Rhine is not more impassable than the Nile or Euphrates, and the Arabian fleet might have sailed without a naval combat into the mouth of the Thames.
Strana 145 - Ayesha, the best beloved of all his wives ; he fainted with the violence of pain ; recovering his spirits, he raised his eyes towards the roof of the house, and, with a steady look, though a faltering voice, uttered the last broken, though articulate, words : " O God ! pardon my sins Yes, I come, among my fellow-citizens on high :" and thus peaceably expired (AD 632.
Strana 130 - 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.
Strana 299 - 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
Strana 163 - He pressed his friends to consult their safety by a timely flight: they unanimously refused to desert or survive their beloved master: and their courage was fortified by a fervent prayer and the assurance of paradise. On the morning of the fatal day, he mounted on horseback, with his sword in one hand and the Koran in the other: his generous...
Strana 109 - Koran," according to himself or his disciples, is uncreated and eternal; subsisting in the essence of the Deity, and inscribed with a pen of light on the table of his everlasting decrees. A paper copy, in a volume of silk and gems, was brought down to the lowest heaven by the angel Gabriel, who, under the Jewish...
Strana 381 - They held in their lifeless hands the riches of their fathers, without inheriting the spirit which had created and improved that sacred patrimony: they read, they praised, they compiled, but their languid souls seemed alike incapable of thought and action. In the revolution of ten centuries, not a single discovery was made to exalt the dignity or promote the happiness of mankind.