 | Edmund Burke - History - 1779 - 750 pages
...allies, and the apprehenfion of his enemies. The objeil of his difpleafure, efcaping from the narrow limits of his dominions, would eafily obtain, in a...world, and when that empire fell into the hands of з Jingle perfon, the world became a fecure and dreary prifon for his enemies. The flave of Imperial... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1788 - 638 pages
...allies, and the apprehenfion of his enemies. The objeft of his difpleafure, efcaping from the narrow limits of his dominions, would eafily obtain, in a...and when that empire fell into the hands of a fingle pcrfon, the world became a fecuie and dreary prifon for his enemies. The (lave of Imperil] defpotifm,... | |
 | History - 1788 - 638 pages
...his merit, the freedom of complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romany filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a fmgle perfon, the world became a fecure and dreary prilon for his enemies. The flave of Imperial dcfpotifm,... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1794 - 584 pages
...feverity may efcape from his vengeance, and in another country, find a new fortune adequate to his merits, the freedom of complaint, and perhaps the means of...the Romans filled the world, and when that empire came to bs governed by a fmgle man, the world became a fecure and dreary prifon to his enemies. To... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1802 - 496 pages
...would eafily obtain, in a happier CHAP. climate, a fecure refuge, a new fortune adequate <^-v^—' to his merit, the freedom of complaint, and perhaps...into the hands of a fingle perfon, the world became a fafe and dreary prifon for his enemies. The flave of Imperial defpotifm, whether he was condemned to... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1802 - 496 pages
...fecure refuge, a new fortune adequate to his merit, the freedom of complaint, arid perhaps rhe means iof revenge. But the empire of the Romans filled the world, and when that empire fell into the hands of a fmgle perfon, the world became a fafe and dreary prifon for his enemies. The flave of Imperial defpotifm,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1806 - 494 pages
...refuge, a next fortune adequate ni. to his merit, the freedom of complaint, and per- '— ' »^ ' haps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans...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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1811 - 542 pages
...merit, the freedom of complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But the empire of the Romans fifled: 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,... | |
 | Edward Gibbon - Byzantine Empire - 1813 - 532 pages
...in a happier climate, a fecure refuge, CHAP. a new fortune adequate to his merit, the free- m' dom of complaint, and perhaps the means of revenge. But...into the hands of a fingle perfon, the world became a fafe and dreary prifon for his enemies. The flave of Imperial defpotifm, whether he was condemned to... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) - English literature - 1828 - 608 pages
...escaping from the narrow limits of his dominions, would easily obtain, in a happier climate, a secure refuge, a new fortune adequate to his merit, the freedom...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,... | |
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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... 
