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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... king of Poland and Hungary , marches against them The Turkish peace 1444 Violation of the peace Battle of Warna Death of Ladislaus The cardinal Julian John Corvinus Huniades 1456 His defence of Belgrade , and death 1404-1413 . Birth and ...
... king of Poland and Hungary , marches against them The Turkish peace 1444 Violation of the peace Battle of Warna Death of Ladislaus The cardinal Julian John Corvinus Huniades 1456 His defence of Belgrade , and death 1404-1413 . Birth and ...
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Edward Gibbon Thomas Bowdler. O king of the world , and obey the summons of the King of Kings . " XLII . II . junior . The death of Constantine was imputed to poison ; Romanus and his son Romanus , who derived that name from A. D. 959 ...
Edward Gibbon Thomas Bowdler. O king of the world , and obey the summons of the King of Kings . " XLII . II . junior . The death of Constantine was imputed to poison ; Romanus and his son Romanus , who derived that name from A. D. 959 ...
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... to the sword , and the sons of the Bulgarian king were rescued from an ignominious prison , and XLII . invested with a nominal diadem . After these 16 THE DECLINE AND FALL 955-973 Reign of Swatoslaus 970--973 His defeat by John Zimisces.
... to the sword , and the sons of the Bulgarian king were rescued from an ignominious prison , and XLII . invested with a nominal diadem . After these 16 THE DECLINE AND FALL 955-973 Reign of Swatoslaus 970--973 His defeat by John Zimisces.
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... kings . " In my youth , " said Alp Arslan , " I was advised by a sage to humble " myself before God ; to distrust my ... king of the world , the greatest and " most invincible of warriors . These armies are no longer mine ; and , in the ...
... kings . " In my youth , " said Alp Arslan , " I was advised by a sage to humble " myself before God ; to distrust my ... king of the world , the greatest and " most invincible of warriors . These armies are no longer mine ; and , in the ...
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... king of Germany and Italy , and future emperor of the West . The epistle of the Greek monarch to his brother is filled with the warmest professions of friendship , and the most lively desire of strengthening their alliance by every ...
... king of Germany and Italy , and future emperor of the West . The epistle of the Greek monarch to his brother is filled with the warmest professions of friendship , and the most lively desire of strengthening their alliance by every ...
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Alexius Alp Arslan ambition Andronicus Anna Comnena Antioch Apulia arms army Asia Baldwin Barbarians battle Bohemond brother Bulgaria Byzantine Cæsar caliphs camp Cantacuzene capital captive CHAP Christians church command Comneni Comnenian conqueror conquest Constan Constantine Constantinople count count of Flanders crusade death defence deliverance Ducange duke emirs empire enemies Europe father fleet France French galleys Genoese Godfrey Godfrey of Bouillon Greek emperor Greeks Guiscard Hellespont holy honour horse hundred Imperial Isaac Isaac Angelus Italy Jerusalem John king kingdom knights land Latins Manuel Michael Moguls monarchy nation Nice Nicephorus Nicephorus Gregoras Nicetas noble Norman numbers Ottoman palace Palæologus peace pilgrims pope prince Propontis provinces reign Roman royal Saladin Saracens Sicily siege soldiers soon sovereign spirit stantinople success successor sultan sword Syria Tancred thousand throne Timour tinople treaty troops Turkish Turks valour Venetians Venice victory William of Tyre XLII XLIII XLIV XLVI XLVII Zimisces