The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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... nations which he vanquished exercised a base and impotent revenge ; and ignor- ance has long repeated the tale of calumny § which * These commentaries are yet unknown in Europe ; but Mr. White gives some hope that they may be imported ...
... nations which he vanquished exercised a base and impotent revenge ; and ignor- ance has long repeated the tale of calumny § which * These commentaries are yet unknown in Europe ; but Mr. White gives some hope that they may be imported ...
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... nation . Moscow trembled at the approach of the Tartar , and the re- sistance would have been feeble , since the hopes of the Russians were placed in a miraculous image of the Virgin , to whose protection they ascribed the casual and ...
... nation . Moscow trembled at the approach of the Tartar , and the re- sistance would have been feeble , since the hopes of the Russians were placed in a miraculous image of the Virgin , to whose protection they ascribed the casual and ...
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... nation he affected to despise † . " Dost thou not know , that the greatest part of Asia is subject to our arms and our laws ? that our in- vincible forces extend from one sea to the other ? that the potentates of the earth form a line ...
... nation he affected to despise † . " Dost thou not know , that the greatest part of Asia is subject to our arms and our laws ? that our in- vincible forces extend from one sea to the other ? that the potentates of the earth form a line ...
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... nations * ; and the litical quarrel of the two monarchs was embittered by private and personal resentment . Yet in his first expedition , Timour was satisfied with the siege and destruction of Siwas or Sebaste , a strong city on the ...
... nations * ; and the litical quarrel of the two monarchs was embittered by private and personal resentment . Yet in his first expedition , Timour was satisfied with the siege and destruction of Siwas or Sebaste , a strong city on the ...
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... nation † , whose force still consisted in the missile weapons , and rapid evolutions , of a nu- merous cavalry . From a single troop to a great army , the mode of attack was the same ; a foremost line first advanced to the charge , and ...
... nation † , whose force still consisted in the missile weapons , and rapid evolutions , of a nu- merous cavalry . From a single troop to a great army , the mode of attack was the same ; a foremost line first advanced to the charge , and ...
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