The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 11Thomas M'Lean, 1827 |
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Side 7
... Peace and justice had been banished from the land above forty years ; and the Mogul invader might seem to listen to the cries of an oppressed people . Their petty tyrants might have opposed him with confe- derate arms : they separately ...
... Peace and justice had been banished from the land above forty years ; and the Mogul invader might seem to listen to the cries of an oppressed people . Their petty tyrants might have opposed him with confe- derate arms : they separately ...
Side 8
... peace , the seat of the caliphs ; but the noblest conquest of Houlacou could not be overlooked by his ambitious successor . The whole course of the Tigris and Euphrates , from the mouth to the sources of those rivers , was reduced to ...
... peace , the seat of the caliphs ; but the noblest conquest of Houlacou could not be overlooked by his ambitious successor . The whole course of the Tigris and Euphrates , from the mouth to the sources of those rivers , was reduced to ...
Side 11
... peaceful visits of an emir , who explored the state of the magazines and harbour , was speedily fol- lowed by the destructive presence of the Tartars . The city was reduced to ashes ; the Moslems were pillaged and dismissed ; but all ...
... peaceful visits of an emir , who explored the state of the magazines and harbour , was speedily fol- lowed by the destructive presence of the Tartars . The city was reduced to ashes ; the Moslems were pillaged and dismissed ; but all ...
Side 20
Edward Gibbon. ways been the authors of their own calamity . " During this peaceful conversation , the streets of Aleppo streamed with blood , and re - echoed with the cries of mothers and children , with the shrieks of violated virgins ...
Edward Gibbon. ways been the authors of their own calamity . " During this peaceful conversation , the streets of Aleppo streamed with blood , and re - echoed with the cries of mothers and children , with the shrieks of violated virgins ...
Side 39
... peace and order * . 2. His most destructive wars were rather inroads than conquests . He invaded Turkestan , Kipzak ... peaceful labours were often interrupted , and sometimes blasted , by the absence of the conqueror . While he ...
... peace and order * . 2. His most destructive wars were rather inroads than conquests . He invaded Turkestan , Kipzak ... peaceful labours were often interrupted , and sometimes blasted , by the absence of the conqueror . While he ...
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