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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 - Page 148
by Joseph Story - 1804 - 260 pages
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The Manual of Liberty, Or, Testimonies in Behalf of the Rights of Mankind ...

Civil rights - 1795 - 432 pages
...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, Volume 10

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1788 - 368 pages
...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

English literature - 1807 - 570 pages
...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, Volume 10

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 406 pages
...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 - World history - 1819 - 386 pages
...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 pages
...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, Volume 7

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1840 - 390 pages
...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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Cyclopędia of English literature, Volume 2

Robert Chambers - 1844 - 746 pages
...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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Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History, Critical and ..., Volume 2

Robert Chambers - Authors, English - 1844 - 738 pages
...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, Volume 3

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1844 - 546 pages
...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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