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... pontiff , and into the founder of a dynasty of prince - pontiffs . That little boat in which he plied his craft upon the little lovely lake , which he left at the voice or lent for the needs of his Divine Master , vanished before that ...
... pontiff , and into the founder of a dynasty of prince - pontiffs . That little boat in which he plied his craft upon the little lovely lake , which he left at the voice or lent for the needs of his Divine Master , vanished before that ...
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... pontiff as to the disposal of their crown ; the pontiff besought the aid of the Franks for the maintenance of his power . Pope Zachary approved of the transfer of their throne from its nominal occupant , the power- less Childeric , the ...
... pontiff as to the disposal of their crown ; the pontiff besought the aid of the Franks for the maintenance of his power . Pope Zachary approved of the transfer of their throne from its nominal occupant , the power- less Childeric , the ...
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... pontiff , Leo III . , accused of enormous crimes by personal enemies , deposed at the instigation of a rival , and wounded in the fury of a sedition . The Romans bowed before the will of the mighty conqueror ; the maimed and slandered ...
... pontiff , Leo III . , accused of enormous crimes by personal enemies , deposed at the instigation of a rival , and wounded in the fury of a sedition . The Romans bowed before the will of the mighty conqueror ; the maimed and slandered ...
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... pontiff by a vigorous vindication of Greek freedom . In 867 , Nicholas died , and Michael was assassinated by his ... pontiffs eager for the enlargement of their sway , has lasted to this time . The ambition of uniting the Greeks who ...
... pontiff by a vigorous vindication of Greek freedom . In 867 , Nicholas died , and Michael was assassinated by his ... pontiffs eager for the enlargement of their sway , has lasted to this time . The ambition of uniting the Greeks who ...
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... pontiff to die in exile , and carried off another to die in a German prison ; while his nominee Pope Leo forbade the election of a pontiff without the imperial permission , made over the papal states to Otho , and laid both the ...
... pontiff to die in exile , and carried off another to die in a German prison ; while his nominee Pope Leo forbade the election of a pontiff without the imperial permission , made over the papal states to Otho , and laid both the ...
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Page 478 - And she may still exist in undiminished vigour when some traveller from New Zealand shall, in the midst of a vast solitude, take his stand on a broken arch of London Bridge to sketch the ruins of St. Paul's.
Page 469 - Pagan has been dead many a day ; and as for the other, though he be yet alive, he is, by reason of age, and also of the many shrewd brushes that he met with in his younger days, grown so crazy and stiff in his joints that he can now do little more than sit in his cave's mouth, grinning at pilgrims as they go by, and biting his nails because he cannot come at them.