The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 8Abraham Small and M. Carey, 1816 - Byzantine Empire |
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... persons best informed of each particu- lar transaction ; and it is believed in the empire and family of Timour , that the monarch himself com- posed the commentaries ' of his life , and the institu- 1 These journals were communicated to ...
... persons best informed of each particu- lar transaction ; and it is believed in the empire and family of Timour , that the monarch himself com- posed the commentaries ' of his life , and the institu- 1 These journals were communicated to ...
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... person , and even the name of Tamerlane . Yet his real merit would be en- hanced , rather than debased , by the elevation of a pea- sant to the throne of Asia ; nor can his lameness be a theme of reproach , unless he had the weakness to ...
... person , and even the name of Tamerlane . Yet his real merit would be en- hanced , rather than debased , by the elevation of a pea- sant to the throne of Asia ; nor can his lameness be a theme of reproach , unless he had the weakness to ...
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... person , the associates of his for- tune , and to apply the various characters of men for their advantage , and above all for his own . On his return to his native country , Timour was successively joined by the parties of his ...
... person , the associates of his for- tune , and to apply the various characters of men for their advantage , and above all for his own . On his return to his native country , Timour was successively joined by the parties of his ...
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... person . No more than fourteen or fifteen guards remained near the standard of Timour ; he stood firm as a rock , and receiv- ed on his helmet two weighty strokes of a scymetar ' : the Moguls rallied ; the head of Mansour was thrown at ...
... person . No more than fourteen or fifteen guards remained near the standard of Timour ; he stood firm as a rock , and receiv- ed on his helmet two weighty strokes of a scymetar ' : the Moguls rallied ; the head of Mansour was thrown at ...
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... person , and expiate the guilt , of the Death of Roman Cæsar . But the strength of his mind and body Bajazet , AD 1463 fainted under the trial , and his premature death might , without injustice , be ascribed to the severity of Timour ...
... person , and expiate the guilt , of the Death of Roman Cæsar . But the strength of his mind and body Bajazet , AD 1463 fainted under the trial , and his premature death might , without injustice , be ascribed to the severity of Timour ...
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Page 112 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the Lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 51 - After a painful struggle I yielded to my fate : I sighed as a lover, I obeyed as a son ; my wound was insensibly healed by time, absence, and the habits of a new life.
Page 104 - That the influence of the Crown had increased, was increasing, and ought to be diminished :
Page 35 - What recks it them? What need they? They are sped; And, when they list, their lean and flashy songs Grate on their scrannel pipes of wretched straw; The hungry sheep look up, and are not fed, But, swoln with wind and the rank mist they draw, Rot inwardly, and foul contagion spread : Besides what the grim wolf with privy paw Daily devours apace, and nothing said: But that two-handed engine at the door Stands ready to smite once, and smite no more.
Page 112 - I wrote the last lines of the last page, in a summer house in my garden. After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains.
Page 5 - Who builds a church to God, and not to Fame, Will never mark the marble with his name : Go, search it there, where to be born and die, Of rich and poor makes all the history ; Enough, that Virtue fill'd the space between ; Prov'd by the ends of being, to have been.
Page 27 - 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.
Page 6 - 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.
Page 14 - My lot might have been that of a slave, a savage, or a peasant ; nor can I reflect without pleasure on the bounty of Nature, which cast my birth in a free and civilised country, in an age of science and philosophy, in a family of honourable rank, and decently endowed with the gifts of fortune.
Page 88 - The Latin, though then less celebrated, and confined to more narrow limits, has, in some measure, outlived the Greek, and is now more generally understood by men of letters. Let the French, therefore, triumph in the present diffusion of their tongue. Our solid and increasing establishments in America, where we need less dread the inundation of barbarians, promise a superior stability and duration to the English language.