The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... Chal- condyles ( 1. ii . p . 55. ) had some knowledge of the prejudice and the insult . For the style of the Moguls , see the Institutions ( p . 131 , 147 ) , and for the Persians , the Bibliotheque Orientale ( p . 882 ) : but I do not ...
... Chal- condyles ( 1. ii . p . 55. ) had some knowledge of the prejudice and the insult . For the style of the Moguls , see the Institutions ( p . 131 , 147 ) , and for the Persians , the Bibliotheque Orientale ( p . 882 ) : but I do not ...
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... Chalcondyles , 1. iii . ) . + The scepticism of Voltaire ( Essai sur l'Histoire Generale , c . 88 ) is ready on this , as on every occasion , to reject a popular tale , and to diminish the magnitude of vice and virtue ; and on most ...
... Chalcondyles , 1. iii . ) . + The scepticism of Voltaire ( Essai sur l'Histoire Generale , c . 88 ) is ready on this , as on every occasion , to reject a popular tale , and to diminish the magnitude of vice and virtue ; and on most ...
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... Chalcondyles and Ducas , who flou- rished in a later period , and who speak in a less positive tone ; but more attention is due to George Phranza † protovestiare of the last emperors , and who was born a year before the battle of Angora ...
... Chalcondyles and Ducas , who flou- rished in a later period , and who speak in a less positive tone ; but more attention is due to George Phranza † protovestiare of the last emperors , and who was born a year before the battle of Angora ...
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... Chalcondyles ( 1. iv . and v . ) , Phranza ( 1. i . c . 30—32 ) , and Ducas ( c . 18-27 ) , the last is the most co- pious and best informed . † Arabshah , tom . ii . c . 26 , whose testimony on this occasion is in the neighbourhood of ...
... Chalcondyles ( 1. iv . and v . ) , Phranza ( 1. i . c . 30—32 ) , and Ducas ( c . 18-27 ) , the last is the most co- pious and best informed . † Arabshah , tom . ii . c . 26 , whose testimony on this occasion is in the neighbourhood of ...
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... , see the Othman history of Cantemir ( p . 70-95 ) , and the three Greeks , Chalcondyles , Phranza , and Ducas , who is still superior to his rivals . were repulsed by sea and land ; and unless the 46 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... , see the Othman history of Cantemir ( p . 70-95 ) , and the three Greeks , Chalcondyles , Phranza , and Ducas , who is still superior to his rivals . were repulsed by sea and land ; and unless the 46 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
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