...eulogy is written in the disgraces of succeeding times, and the miseries of Europe. He stands alone like a- beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His sceptre was as the bow of Ulysses, which * See an essay upon this project in the -f- I apprehend that...

...inclined to revolt. "In the history of the times," says the historian of the middle ages, "he stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His sceptre was the bow of Ulysses, which could not be drawn by any weaker hand. His reign a solitary resting...

...for a long time, his favorite residence. 8. Charlemagne was a luminary in a dark age, and an eminent patron of learning. " He stands alone," says Hallam,...rock in the broad ocean." His court was frequented by Alaiin and other learned men ; and he endeavored to dispel the profound ignorance which generally prevailed....

...eminentiam Caroli supra praedecessores successoresque pulcbris hisce designavit verbis: »He stands alone, like a beacon (upon a waste, or a rock in the broad Ocean." (За) Coëgerunt patrem ad regnum inter se partiundum. Diploma hac de re confectum WAOEHABIUM latuisse...

...the disgraces of those who succeeded him, and the miseries of Europe. " He stands alone," says Mr. Hallam, "like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. In the dark ages rf European history, the reign of Charlemagne affords a solitary resting-place between...

...sword, and in the other a burning torch. Mr. 1 .I alia m thus sums up his character : " He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His reign affords a solitary resting-place between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving...

...eulogy is written in the disgraces of succeeding times, and the miseries of Europe. He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His sceptre was the bow of Ulysses, which could not be drawn by any weaker hand. In the dark ages of European...

...luminary in a dark age, and an eminent patron of learning. " He stands alone," says Hallam, -' hke a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean."...his zeal for religion by compelling those whom he subilued to receive Christian baptism, on the pain of being either made slaves or of suffering death....

...sword, and in the other a burning torch. Mr Hal lam thus sums up his character : u He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His reign affords a solitary resting-place between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving...

...sword, and in the other a burning torch. Mr. Halfem thus sums up his character : " He stands alone like a beacon upon a waste, or a rock in the broad ocean. His reign affords a solitary resting-place between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving...