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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... Cæsar and Augustus , the full independence of royalty , which he held near Christopher , five - and - twenty years . His three sons , Christopher , Constantine Stephen , and Constantine , were successively adorned Stephen , VIII . with ...
... Cæsar and Augustus , the full independence of royalty , which he held near Christopher , five - and - twenty years . His three sons , Christopher , Constantine Stephen , and Constantine , were successively adorned Stephen , VIII . with ...
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... Cæsars , in the presence of the senate and clergy . So feeble was the character of Zoe , that she was oppressed by the liberty and power which she had recovered by the death of the Paphla- gonian ; and at the end of four days she placed ...
... Cæsars , in the presence of the senate and clergy . So feeble was the character of Zoe , that she was oppressed by the liberty and power which she had recovered by the death of the Paphla- gonian ; and at the end of four days she placed ...
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... Cæsar . For the Orientals , I draw as usual on the wealth of D'Herbelot ( see titles of the first Seljukides ) and the accuracy of De Guignes , ( Hist . des Huns , tom . iii . 1. 10. ) CHAP . away the doors of the shrine , incrusted OF ...
... Cæsar . For the Orientals , I draw as usual on the wealth of D'Herbelot ( see titles of the first Seljukides ) and the accuracy of De Guignes , ( Hist . des Huns , tom . iii . 1. 10. ) CHAP . away the doors of the shrine , incrusted OF ...
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... Cæsars . The Turkish squadrons poured a cloud of arrows on this moment of confusion and lassitude ; and the horns of their formidable crescent were closed in the rear of the Greeks . In the de- struction of the army and pillage of the ...
... Cæsars . The Turkish squadrons poured a cloud of arrows on this moment of confusion and lassitude ; and the horns of their formidable crescent were closed in the rear of the Greeks . In the de- struction of the army and pillage of the ...
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... Cæsar John asserted the Andronicus indefeasible right of his three nephews : Constan- tine XII . tinople listened to his voice ; and the Turkish captive VII . Para- I. Constan- 1071 . was proclaimed in the capital , and received on the ...
... Cæsar John asserted the Andronicus indefeasible right of his three nephews : Constan- tine XII . tinople listened to his voice ; and the Turkish captive VII . Para- I. Constan- 1071 . was proclaimed in the capital , and received on the ...
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