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" ... of millions are devoted to the service of a despotic prince, whose laws are blindly obeyed, and whose wishes are instantly gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few... "
The Power of Solitude: A Poem. In Two Parts - Stran 148
avtor: Joseph Story - 1804 - 260 strani
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

1795 - 432 strani
...and cares of royalty. It may therefore be of some use to bor-/ row the. experience of Abdal Rahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration...and envy, and to transcribe an authentic memorial, which^was found in the closet of the deceased caliph. . " I have cow reigned above fifty years iri,...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Količina 10

Edward Gibbon - 1788 - 368 strani
...and whatever may be the cool dictates of reafon, there are few among us who would obftinately refufe a trial of the. comforts and the cares of royalty. It may therefore be of fome ufe to borrow the experience of the fame Abdalrahman, whofe magnificence has perhaps excited our...
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The Critical Review, Or, Annals of Literature

1807 - 570 strani
...instantly gratified; and there are few amongst us, who, in spite of the cooler dictates of reason, would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of sovereignty. But thecontradictoryjudgmeuts of the Kingof Prussia and the Caliph of Cordova, are jiot...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Količina 10

Edward Gibbon - 1811 - 406 strani
...and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately'ref use a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty....of some use to borrow the experience, of the same Ahdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration and envy, and to transcribe an authentic...
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Universal History Americanised; Or, An Historical View of the World, from ...

David Ramsay - 1819 - 386 strani
...whose belts and scymeters were studded with gold. Our imagination is dazzled by this splendid picture. It may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience...transcribe an authentic memorial which was found in his closet after his decease : "I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace, beloved by...
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The picture gallery explored; or, An account of various ancient customs and ...

Picture gallery - 1824 - 234 strani
...imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture, (says Gibbon,) and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and cares of royalty. It may, therefore, be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman,...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Količina 7

Edward Gibbon - 1840 - 390 strani
...gratified. Our .imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may he the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...Abdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admira(47) When Bell of Anlermony (Travels, vol. ip 99.) accompanied the Russian ambassador to the...
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Cyclopædia of English literature, Količina 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 strani
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may be the cool dictates There forests of no meaning spread the page, In which...woes. The rest appears a wilderness of strange But wan found in the closet of the deceased caliph. ' 1 have now reigned above fifty years in victory or...
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Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Količina 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 738 strani
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may be the cool dictates prayed and felt for all ; And, as a bird each fond endearment wax found in the closet of the deceased caliph. ' I hare now reigned above fifty yearn in victory or...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Količina 3

Edward Gibbon - 1844 - 546 strani
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may by the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...a trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty, /t may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahni:ni, whose magnificence...
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