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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... horse by the stroke of poison , or an arrow : the second , who had been twice loaded with chains , and twice invested with the ple , was desirous of ending in peace the small re- mainder of his days . As the aged suppliant ap- proached ...
... horse by the stroke of poison , or an arrow : the second , who had been twice loaded with chains , and twice invested with the ple , was desirous of ending in peace the small re- mainder of his days . As the aged suppliant ap- proached ...
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... horse , under his command , over- spread a frontier of 600 miles , from Taurus to Arse- roum , and the blood of 130,000 Christians was a grateful sacrifice to the Arabian prophet ; yet the arms of Togrul did not make any deep or lasting ...
... horse , under his command , over- spread a frontier of 600 miles , from Taurus to Arse- roum , and the blood of 130,000 Christians was a grateful sacrifice to the Arabian prophet ; yet the arms of Togrul did not make any deep or lasting ...
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... horse - shoe , a badge of ignominy , was imposed on the infidels who still adhered to the worship of their fathers . The change , however , was not sincere or universal ; and through ages of servitude , the Georgians have maintained the ...
... horse - shoe , a badge of ignominy , was imposed on the infidels who still adhered to the worship of their fathers . The change , however , was not sincere or universal ; and through ages of servitude , the Georgians have maintained the ...
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... horse . horse . His rapid and skilful evolutions distressed the Romans , and dismayed the superior numbers of the Greeks ; August . and in the defeat of Basilacius , one of their principal generals , he displayed the first example of ...
... horse . horse . His rapid and skilful evolutions distressed the Romans , and dismayed the superior numbers of the Greeks ; August . and in the defeat of Basilacius , one of their principal generals , he displayed the first example of ...
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... horse was slain ; the emperor was wounded ; yet he stood alone and intrepid , till he was oppressed and bound by the strength of multi- tudes . The glory of this illustrious prize was dis- puted by a slave and a soldier ; a slave who ...
... horse was slain ; the emperor was wounded ; yet he stood alone and intrepid , till he was oppressed and bound by the strength of multi- tudes . The glory of this illustrious prize was dis- puted by a slave and a soldier ; a slave who ...
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