The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... Reign and character of Amu- rath the Second - Crusade of Ladislaus , king of Hungary— His defeat and death - John Huniades - Scanderbeg - Con- stantine Palæologus , last emperor of the East 121 CHAPTER LXVIII . Reign and character of ...
... Reign and character of Amu- rath the Second - Crusade of Ladislaus , king of Hungary— His defeat and death - John Huniades - Scanderbeg - Con- stantine Palæologus , last emperor of the East 121 CHAPTER LXVIII . Reign and character of ...
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Edward Gibbon. CHAPTER LXVIII . Reign and character of Mahomet the Second . Siege , assault , and final conquest of Constantinople by the Turks - Death of Con- stantine Palæologus - Servitude of the Greeks - Extinction of the Roman ...
Edward Gibbon. CHAPTER LXVIII . Reign and character of Mahomet the Second . Siege , assault , and final conquest of Constantinople by the Turks - Death of Con- stantine Palæologus - Servitude of the Greeks - Extinction of the Roman ...
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... reign were dili- gently recorded in the journals of his secretaries * : * These journals were communicated to Sherefeddin , or Chere- feddin Ali , a native of Yezd , who composed in the Persian lan- guage a history of Timour Beg , which ...
... reign were dili- gently recorded in the journals of his secretaries * : * These journals were communicated to Sherefeddin , or Chere- feddin Ali , a native of Yezd , who composed in the Persian lan- guage a history of Timour Beg , which ...
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... reign of ten years , the new khan forgot the merits and the strength of his benefactor , the base usurper , as he deemed him , of the sacred rights of the house of Zingis . Through the gates of Derbend , he entered Persia at the head of ...
... reign of ten years , the new khan forgot the merits and the strength of his benefactor , the base usurper , as he deemed him , of the sacred rights of the house of Zingis . Through the gates of Derbend , he entered Persia at the head of ...
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... reign- ing family was made prisoner amidst the ruins of his capital ; and Yeletz , by the pride and ignorance of the Orientals , might easily be confounded with the genuine metropolis of the nation . Moscow trembled at the approach of ...
... reign- ing family was made prisoner amidst the ruins of his capital ; and Yeletz , by the pride and ignorance of the Orientals , might easily be confounded with the genuine metropolis of the nation . Moscow trembled at the approach of ...
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