Silverius
Americannoun
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Indignant at this very irreverent interruption, Silverius turned his face with a severe frown; but the Goth, unabashed, repeated the pull, and said: "Come, priest, thou must go up to the King!"
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix
An ancient right!" repeated Silverius, "which the Church has neglected to assert until now.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix
Silverius saw that further resistance would only excite compulsion dangerous to his dignity.
From A Struggle for Rome, Vol. 2 (of 3) by Dahn, Felix
On arriving there, Silverius convinced himself that all the inhabitants of the house were asleep, with the exception of an old slave, who was watching in the atrium near a half-extinguished lamp.
From A Struggle for Rome, v. 1 by Dahn, Felix
He first suggested to Silverius a dignified way of settling the affair by making the concessions which the emperor desired of Vigilius.
From Women of Early Christianity by Brittain, Alfred
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