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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... Peace with the Normans 1185 Last war of the Greeks and Normans Extinction of the Normans in Sicily 1180 Alexius II . 1183 Andronicus I. Comnenus His remarkable life and death 1185 Isaac II . Angelus 1171 Noureddin conquers Egypt 1187 ...
... Peace with the Normans 1185 Last war of the Greeks and Normans Extinction of the Normans in Sicily 1180 Alexius II . 1183 Andronicus I. Comnenus His remarkable life and death 1185 Isaac II . Angelus 1171 Noureddin conquers Egypt 1187 ...
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... 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 education of Scanderbeg , prince of Albania 1443 His revolt ...
... 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 education of Scanderbeg , prince of Albania 1443 His revolt ...
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... peace and dignity ; and they might encounter with their entire strength the front of some petty emir , whose rear was assaulted and threatened by his national foes of the Mahometan faith . The lofty titles of " the morning star , " and ...
... peace and dignity ; and they might encounter with their entire strength the front of some petty emir , whose rear was assaulted and threatened by his national foes of the Mahometan faith . The lofty titles of " the morning star , " and ...
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... peace the small re- mainder of his days . As the aged suppliant ap- proached the throne , with dim eyes and faltering steps , leaning on his two attendants , the emperor ex- claimed , in the insolence of youth and power , " And is this ...
... peace the small re- mainder of his days . As the aged suppliant ap- proached the throne , with dim eyes and faltering steps , leaning on his two attendants , the emperor ex- claimed , in the insolence of youth and power , " And is this ...
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... peace ; but in these over- tures he supposed the fear or weakness of the enemy , and his answer was conceived in the tone of insult and defiance : " If the Barbarian wishes for peace , " let him evacuate the ground which he occupies for ...
... peace ; but in these over- tures he supposed the fear or weakness of the enemy , and his answer was conceived in the tone of insult and defiance : " If the Barbarian wishes for peace , " let him evacuate the ground which he occupies for ...
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