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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... arms against him 1355 Abdication of Cantacuzene 1261-1347 . Establishment of the Genoese at Pera or Galata Their trade and insolence 1348 Their war with the emperor Cantacuzene 1349 Destruction of his fleet • 1352 Victory of the Genoese ...
... arms against him 1355 Abdication of Cantacuzene 1261-1347 . Establishment of the Genoese at Pera or Galata Their trade and insolence 1348 Their war with the emperor Cantacuzene 1349 Destruction of his fleet • 1352 Victory of the Genoese ...
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... arms of the bravest soldier her heart was capricious , but the deformity of the new favourite rendered it more than probable that interest was the motive and excuse of her love . Nicephorus Phocas united , in the popular opinion , the ...
... arms of the bravest soldier her heart was capricious , but the deformity of the new favourite rendered it more than probable that interest was the motive and excuse of her love . Nicephorus Phocas united , in the popular opinion , the ...
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... arms into the heart of Syria . Yet instead of assaulting the walls of Antioch , the humanity or superstition of Nicephorus appeared to respect the ancient metro- polis of the East : he contented himself with drawing round the city a ...
... arms into the heart of Syria . Yet instead of assaulting the walls of Antioch , the humanity or superstition of Nicephorus appeared to respect the ancient metro- polis of the East : he contented himself with drawing round the city a ...
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... arms , a stable of fourteen hundred mules , and three hundred bags of silver and gold . But the walls of the city withstood the strokes of their battering rams , and the besiegers pitched their tents on the neighbouring mountain of ...
... arms , a stable of fourteen hundred mules , and three hundred bags of silver and gold . But the walls of the city withstood the strokes of their battering rams , and the besiegers pitched their tents on the neighbouring mountain of ...
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... arms ; and the legions that had been recalled from the new conquests of Syria prepared , with the return of the spring , to march under the banners of a warlike prince , who declared himself the friend and avenger of the injured ...
... arms ; and the legions that had been recalled from the new conquests of Syria prepared , with the return of the spring , to march under the banners of a warlike prince , who declared himself the friend and avenger of the injured ...
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