In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein …

Edward Gibbon
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In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. ✨ Edward Gibbon, M. Guizot (François) (1854). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, p.529
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In a distant age and climate, the tragic scene of the death of Hosein will awaken the sympathy of the coldest reader. ✨ Edward Gibbon, M. Guizot (François) (1854). The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, p.529

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