Gibbon's History of the decline and fall of the Roman empire, repr. with the omission of all passages of an irreligious or immoral tendency, by T. Bowdler, Volume 51826 |
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... Barbarians were still in arms ; and the legions that had been recalled from the new conquests of Syria prepared , with the return of the spring , to march under the banners of a warlike prince , who declared himself the friend and ...
... Barbarians were still in arms ; and the legions that had been recalled from the new conquests of Syria prepared , with the return of the spring , to march under the banners of a warlike prince , who declared himself the friend and ...
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... barbarian shepherds , the Turks or Turkmans , who emigrated from beyond the Caspian Sea , and united the Scythian valour with the fanaticism of new proselytes . As the progress of our history has brought us to the nation by which ...
... barbarian shepherds , the Turks or Turkmans , who emigrated from beyond the Caspian Sea , and united the Scythian valour with the fanaticism of new proselytes . As the progress of our history has brought us to the nation by which ...
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... Barbarian wishes for peace , " let him evacuate the ground which he occupies for " the encampment of the Romans , and surrender his " city and palace of Rei as a pledge of his sincerity . " Alp Arslan smiled at the vanity of the demand ...
... Barbarian wishes for peace , " let him evacuate the ground which he occupies for " the encampment of the Romans , and surrender his " city and palace of Rei as a pledge of his sincerity . " Alp Arslan smiled at the vanity of the demand ...
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... Barbarians . In this desultory and fruitless com- bat he wasted the greater part of a summer's day , till prudence and fatigue compelled him to return to his camp . But a retreat is always perilous in the face of an active foe ; and no ...
... Barbarians . In this desultory and fruitless com- bat he wasted the greater part of a summer's day , till prudence and fatigue compelled him to return to his camp . But a retreat is always perilous in the face of an active foe ; and no ...
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... Barbarians . In the morning the royal captive was presented to Alp Arslan , who doubted of his fortune , till the identity of the person was ascertained by the report of his ambassadors , and by the more pathetic evi- dence of ...
... Barbarians . In the morning the royal captive was presented to Alp Arslan , who doubted of his fortune , till the identity of the person was ascertained by the report of his ambassadors , and by the more pathetic evi- dence of ...
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