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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 Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1851 - 616 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; 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 Literature and the Literary Men of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 2

Abraham Mills - English literature - 1858 - 608 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; 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 6

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1862 - 452 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid pic- " ture ; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...royalty. It may therefore be of some use to borrow tlie experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration and...
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Progressive Readers: A Class Book for the Use of Advanced Pupils ..., Issue 5

John Epy Lovell - Readers (Secondary) - 1866 - 568 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture ; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence bos perhaps excited our admiration and envy, and to transcribe an authentic memorial which was found...
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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1871 - 640 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...trial of the comforts and the cares of royalty. It may th*efore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps...
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Religion No Fable: an Essay on the Adaptation of the Christian Religion to ...

Joseph Shenton - 1874 - 336 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture, 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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Chambers's Cyclopędia of English Literature: A History ..., Volumes 3-4

Robert Chambers - American literature - 1881 - 842 pages
...cares of royalty. It may therefore he of POIIK" UHC to borrow the exp- -Hence of the Mine Abdnlrahuian, whose, magnificence has perhaps excited our admiration...transcribe an authentic memorial which was found In thedowt of the decc'aced caliph. 'I have now reigned above fifty years in victory or peace; beloved...
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Living Thoughts in Words that Burn, from Poet, Sage and Humorist

Charles F. Beezley - Literature - 1891 - 406 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the comforts and the cares of rovalty. It mav therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the same Abdalrahman, whose magnificence...
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1899 - 640 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately refuse a trial of the eomforts and the cares of royalty. It may therefore be of some use to borrow the experience of the...
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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 5

Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1901 - 676 pages
...gratified. Our imagination is dazzled by the splendid picture; and whatever may be the cool dictates of reason, there are few among us who would obstinately...Abdalrahman, whose magnificence has perhaps excited 48 Abulfeda, p. 237, d'Herbelot, p. 590. This embassy was received at Bagdad A i! 305, AD 917. In the...
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