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Edward Gibbon Thomas Bowdler. GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE : FOR THE USE OF Families and Poung Persons . VOL . V. LONDON : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode , New.
Edward Gibbon Thomas Bowdler. GIBBON'S HISTORY OF THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE : FOR THE USE OF Families and Poung Persons . VOL . V. LONDON : Printed by A. & R. Spottiswoode , New.
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... Persons . REPRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT , WITH THE CAREFUL OMISSION OF ALL PASSAGES OF AN IRRELIGIOUS OR IMMORAL TENDENCY . By THOMAS BOWDLER , Esq . F.R.S. S.A. EDITOR OF THE FAMILY SHAKSPEARE . O Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart ...
... Persons . REPRINTED FROM THE ORIGINAL TEXT , WITH THE CAREFUL OMISSION OF ALL PASSAGES OF AN IRRELIGIOUS OR IMMORAL TENDENCY . By THOMAS BOWDLER , Esq . F.R.S. S.A. EDITOR OF THE FAMILY SHAKSPEARE . O Hamlet ! thou hast cleft my heart ...
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... person against the Saracens ; and every Roman might compute the em- ployment of his taxes in triumphs , conquests , and the security of the eastern barrier . II . Con- Among the warriors who promoted his elevation John Zi- and served ...
... person against the Saracens ; and every Roman might compute the em- ployment of his taxes in triumphs , conquests , and the security of the eastern barrier . II . Con- Among the warriors who promoted his elevation John Zi- and served ...
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... person ; and it was only in the paths of victory that he trod in the footsteps of his predecessor . Greeks . In the declining age of the caliphs , in the century Enterprises which elapsed after the war of Theophilus and Mo- of the ...
... person ; and it was only in the paths of victory that he trod in the footsteps of his predecessor . Greeks . In the declining age of the caliphs , in the century Enterprises which elapsed after the war of Theophilus and Mo- of the ...
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... person for a 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 ...
... person for a 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 ...
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