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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... Their war with the emperor Cantacuzene 1349 Destruction of his fleet • 1352 Victory of the Genoese over the Venetians and Greeks 288 Their treaty with the empire 290 CHAP . XLVIII . Conquests of Zingis Khan and the CONTENTS . xi.
... Their war with the emperor Cantacuzene 1349 Destruction of his fleet • 1352 Victory of the Genoese over the Venetians and Greeks 288 Their treaty with the empire 290 CHAP . XLVIII . Conquests of Zingis Khan and the CONTENTS . xi.
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... fleet he sailed from the mouth of the Danube into the harbour of Constantinople , and was hailed as the deliverer of Romanus I. the people , and the guardian of the prince . His A. D. 919 , supreme office was at first defined by the new ...
... fleet he sailed from the mouth of the Danube into the harbour of Constantinople , and was hailed as the deliverer of Romanus I. the people , and the guardian of the prince . His A. D. 919 , supreme office was at first defined by the new ...
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... fleets of Afric , were consumed without effect before the walls of Antioch . The royal city of Aleppo was subject to Seifeddowlat , of the dynasty of Hamadan , who clouded his past glory by the precipitate retreat which abandoned his ...
... fleets of Afric , were consumed without effect before the walls of Antioch . The royal city of Aleppo was subject to Seifeddowlat , of the dynasty of Hamadan , who clouded his past glory by the precipitate retreat which abandoned his ...
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... fleets left a deep impression of terror on the Imperial city ; and by the vulgar of every rank it was asserted and believed , that an equestrian statue in the square of Taurus was secretly inscribed with the prophecy , that the Russians ...
... fleets left a deep impression of terror on the Imperial city ; and by the vulgar of every rank it was asserted and believed , that an equestrian statue in the square of Taurus was secretly inscribed with the prophecy , that the Russians ...
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... fleet was occupied by the active courage of George Palæologus , who fought against his father , without foreseeing that he laboured for his posterity . Alexius 41 XLIII . CHAP . ascended the throne ; and his OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... fleet was occupied by the active courage of George Palæologus , who fought against his father , without foreseeing that he laboured for his posterity . Alexius 41 XLIII . CHAP . ascended the throne ; and his OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
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