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... emperor of the West . 476 The Western empire destroyed by Odoacer king of the Heruli , who assumes the title of King of all Italy . 529 Justinian publishes his celebrated code , and four years after , his digest . Age of Belisarius ...
... emperor of the West . 476 The Western empire destroyed by Odoacer king of the Heruli , who assumes the title of King of all Italy . 529 Justinian publishes his celebrated code , and four years after , his digest . Age of Belisarius ...
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... Emperor of Austria , Hungary , and Bohemia . These , together with a consider- able tract of country lying east of France , ' and above the Alps , were comprised under the general name of Germany , containing formerly several petty ...
... Emperor of Austria , Hungary , and Bohemia . These , together with a consider- able tract of country lying east of France , ' and above the Alps , were comprised under the general name of Germany , containing formerly several petty ...
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... Waterloo ; and about two miles farther South is the ever memorable plain where the Emperor Napoleon was utterly defeated by the Duke of Welling- ton , June 18. 1815 . The principal Rivers are the Rhine with its branches , C 2 19.
... Waterloo ; and about two miles farther South is the ever memorable plain where the Emperor Napoleon was utterly defeated by the Duke of Welling- ton , June 18. 1815 . The principal Rivers are the Rhine with its branches , C 2 19.
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... Emperor of Austria . The principal Rivers in the Austrian Dominions are the Danube , whose source and course is already described ; the Tiess , which flows into the Danube near Belgrade ;. the Save , which forms a boundary to Austria ...
... Emperor of Austria . The principal Rivers in the Austrian Dominions are the Danube , whose source and course is already described ; the Tiess , which flows into the Danube near Belgrade ;. the Save , which forms a boundary to Austria ...
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... Emperor of Morocco . Next to Fez , proceeding eastward , is Algiers , and east of it Tunis ; then Tripoli , where the shore has taken a Southward direction , and Barca , and still Eastward is Egypt . The whole coast from Fez to Tripoli ...
... Emperor of Morocco . Next to Fez , proceeding eastward , is Algiers , and east of it Tunis ; then Tripoli , where the shore has taken a Southward direction , and Barca , and still Eastward is Egypt . The whole coast from Fez to Tripoli ...
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Seite 216 - Thammuz came next behind, Whose annual wound in Lebanon allured The Syrian damsels to lament his fate In amorous ditties, all a summer's day; While smooth Adonis from his native rock Ran purple to the sea, supposed with blood Of Thammuz yearly wounded...
Seite 248 - Caesar et omnis luli progenies magnum caeli ventura sub axem. 790 hic vir, hic est, tibi quem promitti saepius audis, Augustus Caesar, divi genus, aurea condet saecula qui rursus Latio regnata per arva Saturno quondam, super et Garamantas et Indos proferet imperium ; iacet extra sidera tellus, extra anni solisque vias, ubi caelifer Atlas axem umero torquet stellis ardentibus aptum.
Seite 48 - Arctic, on the East by the Pacific, and on the South by the Indian Ocean ; its Western boundary, which separates it from Europe, has already been described.
Seite 105 - Portus ab accessu ventorum immotus et ingens 570 ipse; sed horrificis iuxta tonat Aetna ruinis interdumque atram prorumpit ad aethera nubem, turbine fumantem piceo et candente favilla, attollitque globos flammarum et sidera lambit: interdum scopulos avolsaque viscera montis 575 erigit eructans liquefactaque saxa sub auras cum gemitu glomerat fundoque exaestuat imo.
Seite 105 - Scylla latus, laevum implacata Charybdis Obsidet, atque imo barathri ter gurgite vastos Sorbet in abruptum fluctus, rursusque sub auras Erigit alternos et sidera verberat unda. At Scyllam caecis cohibet spelunca latebris, 425 Ora exsertantem et naves in saxa trahentem. Prima hominis facies et pulchro pectore virgo Pube tenus, postrema immani corpore pistrix Delphinum caudas utero commissa luporum.
Seite 250 - Temple (so celebrated in antiquity) of Jupiter Hammon, said to have been founded by Bacchus, in gratitude to his father Jupiter, who appeared to him, when perishing with thirst, in the form of a ram, and shewed him a fountain.