The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6William Y. Birch & Abraham Small, Printed by Robert Carr, 1805 - Byzantine Empire |
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... Holy Ghost : and as this distant and domestic prodigy could not fall under the personal observation of the historian , he must have listened to the same voice which dictated to Isaiah the future conception of a virgin . The son of a ...
... Holy Ghost : and as this distant and domestic prodigy could not fall under the personal observation of the historian , he must have listened to the same voice which dictated to Isaiah the future conception of a virgin . The son of a ...
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... holy vessels , without apprehending the guilt of sacrilege . The toleration , and even the privileges of the Jews , who had multiplied to the number of forty thousand , were secured by the laws of the Cæsars and Ptolemies , and a long ...
... holy vessels , without apprehending the guilt of sacrilege . The toleration , and even the privileges of the Jews , who had multiplied to the number of forty thousand , were secured by the laws of the Cæsars and Ptolemies , and a long ...
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... holy season of Lent , Hypatia was torn from her chariot , stripped naked , dragged to the church , and inhumanly butchered by the hands of Peter the reader , and a troop of savage and merciless fanatics ; 25 For Theon , and his daughter ...
... holy season of Lent , Hypatia was torn from her chariot , stripped naked , dragged to the church , and inhumanly butchered by the hands of Peter the reader , and a troop of savage and merciless fanatics ; 25 For Theon , and his daughter ...
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... Holy Ghost . He had contracted an intimate alliance with Memnon bishop of Ephesus . The despotic primate of Asia disposed of the ready succours of thirty or forty episcopal votes : a crowd of peasants , the slaves of the church , was ...
... Holy Ghost . He had contracted an intimate alliance with Memnon bishop of Ephesus . The despotic primate of Asia disposed of the ready succours of thirty or forty episcopal votes : a crowd of peasants , the slaves of the church , was ...
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... holy abbots , Dalmatius and Eutyches , “ ' had devoted their zeal and fidelity to the cause of Cyril , the worship of Mary , and the unity of Christ . From the first moment of their monastic life , they had never mingled with the world ...
... holy abbots , Dalmatius and Eutyches , “ ' had devoted their zeal and fidelity to the cause of Cyril , the worship of Mary , and the unity of Christ . From the first moment of their monastic life , they had never mingled with the world ...
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Page 190 - Long life and victory to Charles, the most pious Augustus, crowned by God the great and pacific Emperor of the Romans...
Page 287 - Mahomet must have been gradually stained; and the influence of such pernicious habits would be poorly compensated by the practice of the personal and social virtues which are necessary to maintain the reputation of a prophet among his sectaries and friends. Of his last years, ambition was the ruling passion; and a politician will suspect that he secretly smiled (the victorious impostor!) at the enthusiasm of his youth and the credulity of his proselytes.
Page 137 - Paul; and, in every deed of mischief, he had a heart to resolve, a head to contrive, and a hand to execute.
Page 249 - O Mary, verily God sendeth thee good tidings, that thou shalt bear the Word, proceeding from himself; his name shall be Christ Jesus the son of Mary, honourable in this world and in the world to come, and one of those who approach near to the presence of God...
Page 430 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 283 - If there be any man," said the apostle from the pulpit, "whom I have unjustly scourged, I submit my own back to the lash of retaliation. Have I aspersed the reputation of a Musulman? let him proclaim my faults in the face of the congregation. Has any one been despoiled of his goods? the little that I possess shall compensate the principal and the interest of the debt." "Yes," replied a voice from the crowd, "I am entitled to three drachms of silver.
Page 219 - The genius of the Arabian prophet, the manners of his nation, and the spirit of his religion, involve the causes of the decline and fall of the Eastern empire; and our eyes are curiously intent on one of the most memorable revolutions which have impressed a new and lasting character on the nations of the globe.
Page 417 - It came flying through the air, says Joinville,22 like a winged longtailed dragon, about the thickness of a hogshead, with the report of thunder and the velocity of lightning; and the darkness of the night was dispelled by this deadly illumination.
Page 387 - Besides the resource of despair, he confided in the secret correspondence and nocturnal interviews of Count Julian with the sons and the brother of Witiza. The two princes and the archbishop of Toledo occupied the most important post: their welltimed defection broke the ranks of the Christians; each warrior was prompted by fear or suspicion to consult his personal safety ; and the remains of the Gothic army were scattered or destroyed in the flight and pursuit of the three following days.
Page 313 - 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.