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经典英文巨著、宝贵学习参考资料
经典英文巨著、宝贵学习参考资料
Letusnowsurveythecatastropheofthisbusyplot,andthefinalsituationoftheprincipalactors.^10TheageofAndronicuswasconsumedincivildiscord;and,amidsttheeventsofwarandtreaty,hispowerandreputationcontinuallydecayed,tillthefatalnightinwhichthegatesofthecityandpalacewereopenedwithoutresistancetohisgrandson.Hisprincipalcommanderscornedtherepeatedwarningsofdanger;andretiringtorestinthevainsecurityofignorance,abandonedthefeeblemonarch,withsomepriestsandpages,totheterrorsofasleeplessnight.Theseterrorswerequicklyrealizedbythehostileshouts,whichproclaimedthetitlesandvictoryofAndronicustheyounger;andtheagedemperor,fallingprostratebeforeanimageoftheVirgin,despatchedasuppliantmessagetoresignthesceptre,andtoobtainhislifeatthehandsoftheconqueror.Theanswerofhisgrandsonwasdecentandpious;attheprayerofhisfriends,theyoungerAndronicusassumedthesoleadministration;buttheelderstillenjoyedthenameandpreeminenceofthefirstemperor,theuseofthegreatpalace,andapensionoftwenty-fourthousandpiecesofgold,onehalfofwhichwasassignedontheroyaltreasury,andtheotheronthefisheryofConstantinople.Buthisimpotencewassoonexposedtocontemptandoblivion;thevastsilenceofthepalacewasdisturbedonlybythecattleandpoultryoftheneighborhood,^*whichrovedwithimpunitythroughthesolitarycourts;andareducedallowanceoftenthousandpiecesofgold^11wasallthathecouldask,andmorethanhecouldhope.Hiscalamitieswereimbitteredbythegradualextinctionofsight;hisconfinementwasrenderedeachdaymorerigorous;andduringtheabsenceandsicknessofhisgrandson,hisinhumankeepers,bythethreatsofinstantdeath,compelledhimtoexchangethepurpleforthemonastichabitandprofession.ThemonkAntonyhadrenouncedthepompoftheworld
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