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... dominion of Rome was universal , so must it be eternal . Nothing like it had been seen before . The empire of Alexander had lasted a short lifetime ; and within its wide compass were included many arid wastes , and many tracts where ...
... dominion of Rome was universal , so must it be eternal . Nothing like it had been seen before . The empire of Alexander had lasted a short lifetime ; and within its wide compass were included many arid wastes , and many tracts where ...
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... dominion . Dishonoured and de- fenceless , the spell of her name was still strong enough to arrest the conqueror in the moment of triumph . irresistible impulse that drew Alaric was one of glory or revenge , not of destruction : the Hun ...
... dominion . Dishonoured and de- fenceless , the spell of her name was still strong enough to arrest the conqueror in the moment of triumph . irresistible impulse that drew Alaric was one of glory or revenge , not of destruction : the Hun ...
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... dominion , he shewed no hesitation in his acts . Descending from the Alps with an overpowering force , he was acknowledged as king of Italy at Pavia P ; and , having first taken an oath to protect the Holy See and respect the liberties ...
... dominion , he shewed no hesitation in his acts . Descending from the Alps with an overpowering force , he was acknowledged as king of Italy at Pavia P ; and , having first taken an oath to protect the Holy See and respect the liberties ...
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... dominion of a stranger and a barbarian , to make the Empire itself appear through the whole Middle Age not what it seems now , a gorgeous anachronism , but an institution divine and necessary , having its foundations in the very nature ...
... dominion of a stranger and a barbarian , to make the Empire itself appear through the whole Middle Age not what it seems now , a gorgeous anachronism , but an institution divine and necessary , having its foundations in the very nature ...
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... dominion giving to many nations a common speech and law , smote this feeling on its politi- cal side ; Christianity more effectually banished it from . the soul by substituting for the variety of local pan- theons the belief in one God ...
... dominion giving to many nations a common speech and law , smote this feeling on its politi- cal side ; Christianity more effectually banished it from . the soul by substituting for the variety of local pan- theons the belief in one God ...
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