The appellation of great has been often bestowed, and sometimes deserved, but CHARLEMAGNE is the only prince in whose favour the title has been indissolubly blended with the name. That name, with the addition of saint, is inserted in the Roman calendar;... Epoch Men, and the Results of Their Lives - Page 35by Samuel Neil - 1865 - 312 pagesFull view - About this book
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1833 - 414 pages
...the easy corruption of Carolus Magnus. " The appellation of Great," says Gibbon, " lias often been bestowed, and sometimes deserved ; but Charlemagne...title has been indissolubly blended with the name." t Monsieur Gaillard, by following Anastasius, and other writers of an after period, has confused the... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1837 - 428 pages
...by the easy corruption of Carolus Magnus. " The appellation of Great? says Gibbon, " has often been bestowed, and sometimes deserved ; but Charlemagne is the only prince in whose favour the litle has been indissolubly blended with the name." t Monsieur Gaillard, by following Anastasius, and... | |
| George Russell French - 1841 - 444 pages
...part of Europe, he assumed the title of Emperor of the West." He made his son Pepin King of Italy, 9 " The appellation of great has been often bestowed,...title has been indissolubly blended with the name." GIBBON. 10 After the lapse of more than a thousand years, the Iron Crown of Lombardy (so called because... | |
| 1842 - 730 pages
...solemnity, that though " the appellation of great has been often bestowed, and sometimes deserved, Charlemagne is the only prince in whose favour the...title has been indissolubly blended with the name." It :- not less worthy of notice, that the most illustrious monarch recorded in the Indian annals, and... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1844 - 546 pages
...it was the only adequate reward of his merit and services.(94) [AD 768 — 814.] The appellation o_f great has been often bestowed and sometimes deserved,...but CHARLEMAGNE is the only prince in whose favour thetitle has been indissolubly blended with the name. That name, with the addition of mint, is inserted... | |
| George Payne Rainsford James - 1847 - 564 pages
...corruption of Carolus ^Klagnus. " The appellation of Great" says Gibbon, " has often been Vkestowed, and sometimes deserved ; but Charlemagne is the only...favour the title has been indissolubly blended with the were crowned together with their parents, by the hands of the Roman pontiff. As he had chosen by the... | |
| William Reilly - 1847 - 386 pages
...preached his funeral sermon in "Whitefriar Street chapel. It is said by an accomplished historian, "The appellation of great has been often bestowed and sometimes deserved." But if eminent powers under the impulse of ennobling Christian virtues, engaged in a long course of self-denial... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1850 - 630 pages
...and a Roman synod had pronounced, that it was the only adequate reward of his merit and services.94 The appellation of great has been often bestowed,...deserved ; but CHARLEMAGNE is the only prince in whose favor the title has been indissolubly blended with the name. That name, with the addition of saint,... | |
| Edward Budge - 1851 - 322 pages
...INDEPENDENCE OF ROME, AND THE RISE OF THE GERMANIC EMPIRE. 1. "THE appellation of great," says Gibbon, "has been often bestowed, and sometimes deserved,...prince in whose favour the title has been indissolubly united with the name." Before we can enter with advantage upon the history of this sovereign — who... | |
| Edward Gibbon - 1855 - 496 pages
...and a Roman synod had pronounced that it was the only adequate reward of his merit and services.94 The appellation of great has been often bestowed,...deserved, but CHARLEMAGNE is the only prince in whose Re| favour the title has been indissolubly blended with the character name. That name, with the addition... | |
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