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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Page 88
... count of Flanders , a royal pro- vince , which , in this century , gave three queens to the thrones of France , England , and Denmark : he was surnamed the sword and lance of the Christians ; but in the exploits of a soldier , he ...
... count of Flanders , a royal pro- vince , which , in this century , gave three queens to the thrones of France , England , and Denmark : he was surnamed the sword and lance of the Christians ; but in the exploits of a soldier , he ...
Page 108
... count of Flanders was reduced to beg a dinner , and duke Godfrey to borrow a horse . Sixty thousand horses had been reviewed in the camp : be- fore the end of the siege they were diminished to two thousand , and scarcely two hundred fit ...
... count of Flanders was reduced to beg a dinner , and duke Godfrey to borrow a horse . Sixty thousand horses had been reviewed in the camp : be- fore the end of the siege they were diminished to two thousand , and scarcely two hundred fit ...
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... count of Flanders , preferred their fair inheritance in the West to a doubtful competition or a barren sceptre . The jealousy and ambition of Raymond were con- demned by his own followers , and the free , the just , CHAP . the unanimous ...
... count of Flanders , preferred their fair inheritance in the West to a doubtful competition or a barren sceptre . The jealousy and ambition of Raymond were con- demned by his own followers , and the free , the just , CHAP . the unanimous ...
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... count of Flanders , who had married the sister of Thibaut , assumed the cross at Bruges , with his brother Henry , and the principal knights and citizens of that rich and industrious province . The vow which the chiefs had pronounced in ...
... count of Flanders , who had married the sister of Thibaut , assumed the cross at Bruges , with his brother Henry , and the principal knights and citizens of that rich and industrious province . The vow which the chiefs had pronounced in ...
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... counts of Flanders and Blois , and the most respectable barons of France ; and their numbers were swelled by the ... count was voluntary and precarious , had embarked in their vessels for the long navigation of the ocean and ...
... counts of Flanders and Blois , and the most respectable barons of France ; and their numbers were swelled by the ... count was voluntary and precarious , had embarked in their vessels for the long navigation of the ocean and ...
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