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... succeeded him . Notwith - belot . standing the public and domestic rigour of Abbas , he was much esteemed by his subjects , and his memory is held by the Persians in great veneration . This is often the case in despotic governments ...
... succeeded him . Notwith - belot . standing the public and domestic rigour of Abbas , he was much esteemed by his subjects , and his memory is held by the Persians in great veneration . This is often the case in despotic governments ...
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... succeeded , not however until Abelard proaching to something like what is now called had made a declaration of faith , in which he Arianism . After a very partial investigation , yielded to a torrent that he found himself un in which ...
... succeeded , not however until Abelard proaching to something like what is now called had made a declaration of faith , in which he Arianism . After a very partial investigation , yielded to a torrent that he found himself un in which ...
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... succeeded his brother A. D. 1320. His principal works are " Tko- vim al Boldaan , " or " Geographical Canons ; " and " Al Mokhtasser , Fi Akbar Albaschar , " or Universal History . The labours of Abulfeda are highly esteemed , and have ...
... succeeded his brother A. D. 1320. His principal works are " Tko- vim al Boldaan , " or " Geographical Canons ; " and " Al Mokhtasser , Fi Akbar Albaschar , " or Universal History . The labours of Abulfeda are highly esteemed , and have ...
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... succeeded . Adrian wrote several books , among others a history of his own life , under the name of Phlegon , one of his freedmen , which is no longer extant . - Dion . Cassius . Bayle . would not accept of a triumph , but sought ...
... succeeded . Adrian wrote several books , among others a history of his own life , under the name of Phlegon , one of his freedmen , which is no longer extant . - Dion . Cassius . Bayle . would not accept of a triumph , but sought ...
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... succeeded by an Adrian ; and strong as the mind of Castello unquestion- ably was in other respects , he was so far the slave of superstition , as to allow this absurd predio- ÆGINHARD , secretary to Charlemagne , wrote the life of ADR ADR.
... succeeded by an Adrian ; and strong as the mind of Castello unquestion- ably was in other respects , he was so far the slave of superstition , as to allow this absurd predio- ÆGINHARD , secretary to Charlemagne , wrote the life of ADR ADR.
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