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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... holy patriarch , by whose influence , and by a decree of the senate , he was intrusted , during the minority of the young princes , with the absolute and independent command of the Oriental armies . As soon as he had secured the leaders ...
... holy patriarch , by whose influence , and by a decree of the senate , he was intrusted , during the minority of the young princes , with the absolute and independent command of the Oriental armies . As soon as he had secured the leaders ...
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... holy war against the Saracens of Sicily ; he was prevented by death , and Basil , sur- named the Slayer of the Bulgarians , was dismissed from the world . After his decease his brother Constantine enjoyed CHAP . about three years the ...
... holy war against the Saracens of Sicily ; he was prevented by death , and Basil , sur- named the Slayer of the Bulgarians , was dismissed from the world . After his decease his brother Constantine enjoyed CHAP . about three years the ...
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... holy war : their captives were com- pelled to promise a spiritual as well as temporal obe- dience ; and instead of their collars and bracelets , an iron horse - shoe , a badge of ignominy , was imposed on the infidels who still adhered ...
... holy war : their captives were com- pelled to promise a spiritual as well as temporal obe- dience ; and instead of their collars and bracelets , an iron horse - shoe , a badge of ignominy , was imposed on the infidels who still adhered ...
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... Holy Land . In this active devotion their minds and bodies were in- vigorated by exercise ; danger was the incentive , novelty the recompense ; and the prospect of the world was decorated by wonder , credulity , and ambitious hope ...
... Holy Land . In this active devotion their minds and bodies were in- vigorated by exercise ; danger was the incentive , novelty the recompense ; and the prospect of the world was decorated by wonder , credulity , and ambitious hope ...
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... holy see . In the battle of Civitella the centre of the Nor- mans was commanded by Robert Guiscard , who acted such a conspicuous part in the history of the eleventh century , and whose actions were so much connected with the concerns ...
... holy see . In the battle of Civitella the centre of the Nor- mans was commanded by Robert Guiscard , who acted such a conspicuous part in the history of the eleventh century , and whose actions were so much connected with the concerns ...
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