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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... duke and apostle of Russia , and by the marriage of her grand - daughter with Henry the First , king of France , the blood of the Macedonians , and perhaps of the Arsacides , still flows in the veins of the Bourbon line . After the ...
... duke and apostle of Russia , and by the marriage of her grand - daughter with Henry the First , king of France , the blood of the Macedonians , and perhaps of the Arsacides , still flows in the veins of the Bourbon line . After the ...
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... duke , or chagan , or czar , of the Russians . The Scandinavian origin of the people , or at least the princes of Russia , may be confirmed and illustrated by the general history of the North . The vast , and as it is said , populous ...
... duke , or chagan , or czar , of the Russians . The Scandinavian origin of the people , or at least the princes of Russia , may be confirmed and illustrated by the general history of the North . The vast , and as it is said , populous ...
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... duke of Russia bound himself by solemn imprecations to relinquish all hostile designs : a safe passage was opened for his return , the liberty of trade and navi- gation was restored , a measure of corn was distributed to each of his ...
... duke of Russia bound himself by solemn imprecations to relinquish all hostile designs : a safe passage was opened for his return , the liberty of trade and navi- gation was restored , a measure of corn was distributed to each of his ...
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... Duke of Naples with a Foundation more plentiful and permanent seat . Eight miles from of Aversa , his residence , as a bulwark against Capua , the town of Aversa was built and fortified for their use ; and they enjoyed as their own the ...
... Duke of Naples with a Foundation more plentiful and permanent seat . Eight miles from of Aversa , his residence , as a bulwark against Capua , the town of Aversa was built and fortified for their use ; and they enjoyed as their own the ...
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... Duke of Lombardy was made prisoner ; the Apulians acquiesced in a new dominion ; and the four places of Bari , Otranto , Brundusium , and Tarentum , were alone saved in the shipwreck of the Grecian fortunes . From this æra we may date ...
... Duke of Lombardy was made prisoner ; the Apulians acquiesced in a new dominion ; and the four places of Bari , Otranto , Brundusium , and Tarentum , were alone saved in the shipwreck of the Grecian fortunes . From this æra we may date ...
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