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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... Guiscard invades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second Time . - His Death . -Seljukian Kingdom of Roum . - Conquest of Jerusalem by the Turks . - Oppression of the ...
... Guiscard invades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second Time . - His Death . -Seljukian Kingdom of Roum . - Conquest of Jerusalem by the Turks . - Oppression of the ...
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... Guiscard in- vades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second time . - His Death . - Seljukian Kingdom of Roum . -Conquest of Jerusalem by the Turks . - Oppression of ...
... Guiscard in- vades Greece and takes Durazzo . - Relieves Rome , and obliges Henry the Third to retire . - Invades Greece a second time . - His Death . - Seljukian Kingdom of Roum . -Conquest of Jerusalem by the Turks . - Oppression of ...
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... Guiscard , who acted such a conspicuous part in the history of the eleventh century , and whose actions were so much ... Guis- card was saluted general of the republic . The pope not long afterwards invested him with the title of Duke of ...
... Guiscard , who acted such a conspicuous part in the history of the eleventh century , and whose actions were so much ... Guis- card was saluted general of the republic . The pope not long afterwards invested him with the title of Duke of ...
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... Guiscard . His spirit excited him to the invasion of Sicily , and the attempt was seconded by the policy of his brother . With a small band of Normans he passed the straits of Messina , and gained such victories over the nu- merous ...
... Guiscard . His spirit excited him to the invasion of Sicily , and the attempt was seconded by the policy of his brother . With a small band of Normans he passed the straits of Messina , and gained such victories over the nu- merous ...
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... Guiscard ; and he trusted that , after this pretender had given a decent colour to his arms , he would sink at the nod of the con- queror into his primitive obscurity . But victory was the only argument that could determine the belief ...
... Guiscard ; and he trusted that , after this pretender had given a decent colour to his arms , he would sink at the nod of the con- queror into his primitive obscurity . But victory was the only argument that could determine the belief ...
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