 But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person, the world became a safe and dreary prison for his enemies. The slave of Imperial despotism, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in...  The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Página 99por Edward Gibbon - 1899Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Edmund Burke - 1779 - 750 páginas
...perfon, the world became a fecure and dreary prifon for his enemies. The flave of Imperial defpotifm, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the fenate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barrea rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube,... | |
 | 1788 - 638 páginas
...flave of Imperial dcfpotifm, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Pome and the fenate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expefted his fate in filent defpair. To refift was fatal, and it was imponible... | |
 | 1788 - 642 páginas
...Have of Imperil! dcfpotifm, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain m Rome and the fenate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in filent defpair. To refiil was fatal, and it was impoffible... | |
 | Edmund Burke - 1788 - 638 páginas
...pcrfon, the world became a fecuie and dreary prifon for his enemies. The (lave of Imperil] defpotifm, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the fenate, or to weir out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphu:, or the frozen banks of the Danube,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1802 - 496 páginas
...flave of Imperial defpotifm, whether he was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the fenate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the fro r 2en banks of the Danube, expected his fate in filent defpair 5S . To refill was fatal, and it... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - 1806 - 494 páginas
...and per- '— ' »^ ' haps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person,...exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair *. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1818 - 766 páginas
...of complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person,...enemies. The slave of imperial despotism, whether be was condemned to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate, or to wear out a life of exile on... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 626 páginas
...complaint, complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person,...exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible... | |
 | 1828 - 598 páginas
...complaint, complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person,...exile on the barren rock of Seriphus, or the frozen banks of the Danube, expected his fate in silent despair. To resist was fatal, and it was impossible... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - 1828 - 608 páginas
...of complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a single person,...enemies. The slave of imperial despotism, whether he was condenmed to drag his gilded chain in Rome and the senate, or to wear out a life of exile on the barren... | |
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