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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... friends , nor the tardy aid of his brother Leo , nor the fortress which he had erected in the palace , could protect Nicephorus from a domestic foe , at whose voice every door was open to the assassins . As he slept on a bear skin , on ...
... friends , nor the tardy aid of his brother Leo , nor the fortress which he had erected in the palace , could protect Nicephorus from a domestic foe , at whose voice every door was open to the assassins . As he slept on a bear skin , on ...
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... friend and avenger of the injured Bulgaria . The passes of Mount Hamus had been left unguarded : they were in- stantly occupied ; the Roman vanguard was formed of the immortals ( a proud imitation of the Persian style ) ; the emperor ...
... friend and avenger of the injured Bulgaria . The passes of Mount Hamus had been left unguarded : they were in- stantly occupied ; the Roman vanguard was formed of the immortals ( a proud imitation of the Persian style ) ; the emperor ...
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... friends and enemies , subjects and rebels , maintained their independence , and laboured to emulate the ex- pur- XLII . ample of successful usurpation . Against these 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL Basil II and Constantine IX Constantine IX ·
... friends and enemies , subjects and rebels , maintained their independence , and laboured to emulate the ex- pur- XLII . ample of successful usurpation . Against these 18 THE DECLINE AND FALL Basil II and Constantine IX Constantine IX ·
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... friends of Theodora ; and after his decease she resumed , with Theodora , the general consent , the possession of her inheritance . Nov. 30 . In her name , and by the influence of four eunuchs , the Eastern world was peaceably governed ...
... friends of Theodora ; and after his decease she resumed , with Theodora , the general consent , the possession of her inheritance . Nov. 30 . In her name , and by the influence of four eunuchs , the Eastern world was peaceably governed ...
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... friends . The solitary Michael sub- mitted to the voice of the people , and by the hands of the patriarch Isaac ... friend of the Comnenian house , and whose noble birth was adorned with the expe- rience and reputation of civil policy ...
... friends . The solitary Michael sub- mitted to the voice of the people , and by the hands of the patriarch Isaac ... friend of the Comnenian house , and whose noble birth was adorned with the expe- rience and reputation of civil policy ...
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