The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 9W. Allason, 1819 - Byzantine Empire |
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... respect the royal suppli- ant : Phanagoria , once an opulent city , on the Asiatic side of the lake Mootis , was assigned for his residence ; and every Roman prejudice was stifled in his marriage with the sister of the barbarian , who ...
... respect the royal suppli- ant : Phanagoria , once an opulent city , on the Asiatic side of the lake Mootis , was assigned for his residence ; and every Roman prejudice was stifled in his marriage with the sister of the barbarian , who ...
Page 27
... respects the wisdom of his admi- nistration and the purity of his manners . After a reign of twenty - four years , he peaceably ex- pired in the palace of Constantinople : and the purple which he had acquired , was transmitted by the ...
... respects the wisdom of his admi- nistration and the purity of his manners . After a reign of twenty - four years , he peaceably ex- pired in the palace of Constantinople : and the purple which he had acquired , was transmitted by the ...
Page 70
... of one hundred and sixty years had at- tached the loyalty of the Greeks to the Mace- Nov. 12. donian dynasty , which had been thrice respect 1028 , XLVIII . ed by the usurpers of their power . 70 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
... of one hundred and sixty years had at- tached the loyalty of the Greeks to the Mace- Nov. 12. donian dynasty , which had been thrice respect 1028 , XLVIII . ed by the usurpers of their power . 70 THE DECLINE AND FALL.
Page 91
... respect or terror to the powers of Asia and Eu- rope . Educated in the silk and purple of the East , Manuel possessed the iron temper of a soldier , which cannot easily be paralleled , ex- cept in the lives of Richard I of England , and ...
... respect or terror to the powers of Asia and Eu- rope . Educated in the silk and purple of the East , Manuel possessed the iron temper of a soldier , which cannot easily be paralleled , ex- cept in the lives of Richard I of England , and ...
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... respect the person of an hero . In one day , he is said to have slain above forty of the barbarians with his own hand ; he returned to the camp , dragging along four Turkish prisoners , whom he had tied to the rings of his saddle : he ...
... respect the person of an hero . In one day , he is said to have slain above forty of the barbarians with his own hand ; he returned to the camp , dragging along four Turkish prisoners , whom he had tied to the rings of his saddle : he ...
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