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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... capital : her bounty was repaid in his clan- destine and amorous visits to the palace ; and Theo- phano consented , with alacrity , to the death of an ugly and penurious husband . Some bold and trusty conspirators were concealed in her ...
... capital : her bounty was repaid in his clan- destine and amorous visits to the palace ; and Theo- phano consented , with alacrity , to the death of an ugly and penurious husband . Some bold and trusty conspirators were concealed in her ...
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... capital . Constantinople applauded the long forgotten pomp of a triumph ; but the Imperial diadem was the sole reward that could repay the services , or satisfy the ambition , of Nicephorus . Phocas and 963-975 . The Eastern After the ...
... capital . Constantinople applauded the long forgotten pomp of a triumph ; but the Imperial diadem was the sole reward that could repay the services , or satisfy the ambition , of Nicephorus . Phocas and 963-975 . The Eastern After the ...
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... capital to the Roman invaders . In his stately palace , that stood without the walls of Aleppo , they joyfully seized a well - furnished magazine of arms , a stable of fourteen hundred mules , and three hundred bags of silver and gold ...
... capital to the Roman invaders . In his stately palace , that stood without the walls of Aleppo , they joyfully seized a well - furnished magazine of arms , a stable of fourteen hundred mules , and three hundred bags of silver and gold ...
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... capital of the Abbassides . The con- sternation of the fugitives had already diffused the terror of his name ; but the fancied riches of Bagdad had already been dissipated by the avarice and pro- digality of domestic tyrants . The ...
... capital of the Abbassides . The con- sternation of the fugitives had already diffused the terror of his name ; but the fancied riches of Bagdad had already been dissipated by the avarice and pro- digality of domestic tyrants . The ...
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... capital , were held by the firm and faithful hands of the Varan- gians * . In the tenth century the monarchy of the Russians obtains a vast and conspicuous place in the map of Constantine † Porphyrogenitus . Under the sons of Ruric they ...
... capital , were held by the firm and faithful hands of the Varan- gians * . In the tenth century the monarchy of the Russians obtains a vast and conspicuous place in the map of Constantine † Porphyrogenitus . Under the sons of Ruric they ...
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