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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... Venice Siege of Zara Alliance of the crusaders with the Greek prince , the Alexius young · 1203 Voyage from Zara to Constantinople Fruitless negotiation of the emperor Passage of the Bosphorus · First siege and conquest of ...
... Venice Siege of Zara Alliance of the crusaders with the Greek prince , the Alexius young · 1203 Voyage from Zara to Constantinople Fruitless negotiation of the emperor Passage of the Bosphorus · First siege and conquest of ...
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... Venice an import- ant succour of thirty - six transports , fourteen galleys , and nine galeots , or ships of extraordinary strength and magnitude . Their services were liberally paid by the licence or monopoly of trade , a profitable ...
... Venice an import- ant succour of thirty - six transports , fourteen galleys , and nine galeots , or ships of extraordinary strength and magnitude . Their services were liberally paid by the licence or monopoly of trade , a profitable ...
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... , in the great history of William of Tyre , from the 9th to the 18th book , and more briefly told by Bernardus Thesau CHAP . fleets of Venice , Genoa , and Pisa I 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 117 1099-1187 The kingdom of Jerusalem ·
... , in the great history of William of Tyre , from the 9th to the 18th book , and more briefly told by Bernardus Thesau CHAP . fleets of Venice , Genoa , and Pisa I 3 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE . 117 1099-1187 The kingdom of Jerusalem ·
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... Venice , in the 6th , 9th , and 12th tomes of Muratori . * Anna Comnena relates her father's conquests in Asia Minor ( Alexiad , 1. xi . p . 321-325 . 1. xiv . p . 419 ) ; his Cilician war against Tancred and Bohemond ( p . 328-342 ) ...
... Venice , in the 6th , 9th , and 12th tomes of Muratori . * Anna Comnena relates her father's conquests in Asia Minor ( Alexiad , 1. xi . p . 321-325 . 1. xiv . p . 419 ) ; his Cilician war against Tancred and Bohemond ( p . 328-342 ) ...
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... Venice ; but I know not by what favourable allowance of transports , victuallers , and pinnaces , our reason , or even our fancy , can be reconciled to the stupendous account of fifteen hundred vessels , which is proposed by a Byzantine ...
... Venice ; but I know not by what favourable allowance of transports , victuallers , and pinnaces , our reason , or even our fancy , can be reconciled to the stupendous account of fifteen hundred vessels , which is proposed by a Byzantine ...
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