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Emperor Constantine, they said, had changed the date of the Sabbath as a compromise to appease the pagans who celebrated their heathen debaucheries on Sunday
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They were always going on about Emperor Constantine
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" He gave a friendly nod to the correspondent and then raised both hands over the pack of reporters like a Roman emperor
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No longer would you bow to worship the Emperor
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Roman informed me that the month October wasn’t named after a Roman emperor
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It was the well known remark of the emperor Charles V
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reached two goals: he was recognised as emperor by the
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The emperor was
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The emperor Hadrian was fond of
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When word of his quality reached the ears of the Emperor, he was summarily invited to become a member of his guard
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All of the things he had had to leave behind in the name of the oath he swore to the Legion and the Emperor
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But as she watched the charismatic yet notably aloof Chaerea retreat back into the throng of mourners, she was stunned by the appearance of a somewhat unexpected face: the Emperor Titus Mede II himself
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And as the Emperor told her that no one was prouder of her father than he was, and told her very simply and earnestly, “Thank you for your family’s sacrifice and all of the Empire’s people mourn with you”, she found herself falling into his very kind embrace and crying over his shoulder
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As the Emperor with the careworn face smiled in return, in understanding, it was almost as if they occupied their own space in time
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"Be empty of yourself!" Bodhidharma's directive had been a tough one for the Emperor to
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The Emperor, unfortunately, was not to be alone in his
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Upon the scorched ground slippery with gore lay the Emperor himself
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The Emperor said nothing
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She cried out as loud as she could through tears for someone to help her carry him, for someone to help her save their Emperor
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“The Emperor has fallen trying to protect his people
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” Her mind flitted back to the memory of her father’s empty-casket funeral, in which she was sincerely and lovingly embraced by the Emperor himself
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Clodius, clearly perturbed by the latest direction of the conversation - namely the livid invocation of the Emperor
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“They have recanted their oaths to the Emperor and Empire
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When Vidius Pollio, in the presence of Augustus, ordered one of his slaves, who had committed a slight fault, to be cut into pieces and thrown into his fish-pond, in order to feed his fishes, the emperor commanded him, with indignation, to emancipate immediately, not only that slave, but all the others that belonged to him
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The bounty which that philosophical emperor, as we learn from Lucian, bestowed upon one of the teachers of philosophy, probably lasted no longer than his own life
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In this critical situation of its affairs the papal court was at sufficient pains to cultivate the friendship of the powerful sovereigns of France and Spain, of whom the latter was at that time emperor of Germany
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, king of Spain and emperor of Germany
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the French; and the installation of Maximilian I as emperor of
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Corsican Emperor of France, twice
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Fifth Roman Emperor
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What in the world gives these demented liberals of twenty-first century America the right, with a straight face, to tell us that their programs in any way relate to progress? Perhaps we should instead try regress, to the days when the Emperor, King, or feudal lord prescribed our lives for us
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To regress to the times when every aspect of living was controlled by a king, emperor, or feudal lord is not my idea of progress
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But why would a name bracelet keep him from killing her? Surely, he couldn’t know it had belonged to the emperor
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Even if Sicarius did somehow recognize it in the darkness, why would the emperor’s bracelet stop him? This man had been a burr in the empire’s paw during the years since Emperor Raumesys died
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If the emperor had nothing to do with why Sicarius was letting her live, this next statement could be considered treasonous
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And then there was that niggling comment about the emperor and the tea
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If she left now, she would not only be running away from her life, but she would be abandoning Sespian, the emperor she had sworn to honor and protect the day she became an enforcer
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Hollowcrest, it read, you said the emperor was under your control
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“The emperor might not like the idea of a lady being dissected in his dungeon,” one of the guards holding Amaranthe whispered to the other as they traveled deeper into the tunnels
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The Nurians would be mauling us if they had any idea how weak-minded our supposed emperor is
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Hollowcrest, you said the emperor was under your control
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If the emperor does not pass the laws we have requested, he will be eliminated during his birthday celebration
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If the emperor truly meant something to him, perhaps he could be counted on to pass on this information to someone with clout
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Now, even if she escaped, she had lost the only physical evidence that Hollowcrest was manipulating the emperor and that Sespian was in danger
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“Clarify the situation with the emperor
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From what I remember of Emperor Raumesys, they were similar types
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“He’s helping me to protect the emperor and maybe get Hollowcrest out of power
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“I mean to help the emperor
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Emperor or not, he felt it the polite thing to do
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Even if she meant her scheme to save the emperor, counterfeiting was high treason—punishable by death—whether she intended to circulate the bills or not
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Did he simply taste the chance to rid the emperor of his biggest threat? Or was something else going on? Where did he go when he wasn’t with them at the cannery?
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“No, curse your ancestors, I was never—damn it, you can’t try to save the emperor on one hand and kill his civil servants on the other
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Amaranthe was less surprised by the statement, since she had already guessed Sicarius had been associated with Hollowcrest and old Emperor Raumesys at some point
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“I’m trying to help the emperor
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“So, the emperor wouldn’t want his citizens being mutilated by some bloodthirsty monster
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Still, he figured they’d be more likely to listen to a confident, commanding emperor, not the inexperienced idealist Hollowcrest claimed Sespian was
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A part of her wanted to tell them about everything: Forge’s assassination threats, Hollowcrest’s drugging of the emperor, and her suspicions about the creature
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“I would never back someone who would drug his emperor
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I don’t believe that, otherwise you wouldn’t need me to help the emperor, because you’d be right there in the Barracks, but I do believe you worked for Hollowcrest in the past and
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“My only concern is protecting the emperor
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“You weren’t willing to put into place any of our reasonable requests, and we’ve decided the emperor must die
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“I want the emperor to live—free of drugs—and be permitted to do the job the people depend on him to do
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“What if he wants to kill the emperor and put a figurehead on the throne, not because he wants a leader who’s sympathetic to capitalist interests but because his government wants someone who can be manipulated into working for them, maybe even helping to set up an invasion? The Nurians might not hate us as much as the Kendorians or other nations we’ve conquered, but they would certainly gain a lot from our fall
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“And the emperor still in danger
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“Did you really think I would stand aside and let you replace my emperor and dictate policy for Turgonia?”
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You always worked through me more than Emperor Raumesys
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Why do you care about the emperor? What are you to him?”
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“What is the emperor to you?”
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Sicarius could even draw, if dispassionately compared to the emperor
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Little chance of the next emperor having any of Sespian’s tolerance or progressive passion
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It wasn’t just about helping the emperor and clearing her name any more
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“Sespian is our emperor too
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He was probably supposed to deliver a living emperor
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“The emperor was to be taken somewhere and burned alive
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Though they are fugitives, they work for the good of the empire, a fact that—assuming their exploits are impressive and newsworthy—cannot go unnoticed by the emperor himself
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One of the earliest accounts was of the first emperor of a unified China, Qin Shi Huang, who considered the book had ended the Age of Warring States
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The history states that the French emperor Napoleon studied Sun's military writings and used it effectively in the war against the rest of Europe
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Colbert plays a femme fatale, the wife of the Emperor Nero, bizarrely portrayed by the great, incomparable Charles Laughton
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The oceans, vast territory, powerful economy and resources, and an absurdly oversized military make the US a fortress beyond the dreams of any emperor or dictator
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“With the Institute backing us up, and through their influence, the Emperor on our side, we should be safe enough
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“That would be a good time to present you to the Emperor
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“Sooner or later, we have to meet with members of the Council and you simply must be presented to the Emperor, or a member of the Family
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The eyes acknowledged Brendan’s guard coming up, but in a friendly glint, the Emperor let him know it was okay
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“Ah! This is the young man we’ve been hearing so much about,” said the Emperor in dawning comprehension
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“I can tell you we take the Prophecies, that is to say the effect of the Prophecies on the populace, very seriously,” the Emperor said
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The Emperor just smiled, averting eye contact to look at small device in this hand
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“Why is it better this way?” asked the Emperor
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A flunky nipped into the breach, whispering into the ear of the Emperor
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The Emperor, a small, pudgy-faced balding man, now that his foot-high mitre was removed, consulted with Sim and Trent
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More bodies entered, a couple of young males of the Imperial line, judging by their resemblance to the Emperor
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“The Emperor will be curious, to say the least
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The Emperor himself probably would have pulled over for inspection
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Later Brendan had the opportunity to watch his televised funeral, where even certain members of the Family attended, although the Emperor and Empress were off planet at the time
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“The Emperor is a hard person to say no to,” said Trent with some heat
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We have the Roman Emperor Constantine to thank for the present New Testament canon
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The Emperor Constantine not only imposed a Roman model on the church; he also imposed a male dominated model
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Thus, in 325, Constantine became sole emperor of East and West
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“The ones that I first suspected couldn’t have had that kind of influence! This emperor hadn’t taken any great notice of us Christians, well, Followers of the Way, or whatever else they might want to call us
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1316–1334) and Emperor Louis IV damaged the prestige of both, while the growing luxury of the Roman Curia and its need for finances brought in a system for bestowing clerical office which caused harm for many years…At Rome and Avignon rival pontiffs reigned
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The reign of the shoguns—warlords—was followed by the restoration of the Emperor