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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... conqueror . These exiles were entertained in the Byzantine court , and they preserved till the last age of the empire the in- heritance of spotless loyalty , and the use of the Danish or English tongue . The Greek emperor slept and ...
... conqueror . These exiles were entertained in the Byzantine court , and they preserved till the last age of the empire the in- heritance of spotless loyalty , and the use of the Danish or English tongue . The Greek emperor slept and ...
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... Conqueror of the East . In his last return from Syria he observed that the most fruitful lands of his new provinces were possessed by the eunuchs . " And is it for them , " he exclaimed with honest indignation , " that we have fought ...
... Conqueror of the East . In his last return from Syria he observed that the most fruitful lands of his new provinces were possessed by the eunuchs . " And is it for them , " he exclaimed with honest indignation , " that we have fought ...
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... conquerors . The Scythian empire of the sixth century was long since dissolved , but fragments of the nation ( each a powerful and independent people ) were scattered over the desert from China to the Oxus and the Danube , where a ...
... conquerors . The Scythian empire of the sixth century was long since dissolved , but fragments of the nation ( each a powerful and independent people ) were scattered over the desert from China to the Oxus and the Danube , where a ...
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... conqueror of Asia . Alp Arslan , Togrul Beg died in 1063 , and leaving no issue , Reign of his nephew Alp Arslan succeeded to the title and A. D. 1063 prerogatives of sultan . The name of Alp Arslan , -1072 . the valiant lion , is ...
... conqueror of Asia . Alp Arslan , Togrul Beg died in 1063 , and leaving no issue , Reign of his nephew Alp Arslan succeeded to the title and A. D. 1063 prerogatives of sultan . The name of Alp Arslan , -1072 . the valiant lion , is ...
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... conquerors of Sicily , and with the surname of Baliol ; and our historians will tell how the Baliols came from Normandy to Dur- ham , built Bernard's Castle on the Tees , married an heiress of Scotland , & c . Du- cange ( Not . ad ...
... conquerors of Sicily , and with the surname of Baliol ; and our historians will tell how the Baliols came from Normandy to Dur- ham , built Bernard's Castle on the Tees , married an heiress of Scotland , & c . Du- cange ( Not . ad ...
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