The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: In Eight Volumes, Volum 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... historian of the present hour , who strives to follow the rapid course of the Saracens , must study to explain by what means the church and state were saved from this impending , and , as it should seem , from this inevitable , danger ...
... historian of the present hour , who strives to follow the rapid course of the Saracens , must study to explain by what means the church and state were saved from this impending , and , as it should seem , from this inevitable , danger ...
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... historians , has compared the weight of the best or common gold dinar , to the drachin or dirhem of Egypt ( p . 77. ) , which may be equal to two pennies ( 48 grains ) of our Troy weight ( Hooper's Enquiry into Ancient Measures , p . 24 ...
... historians , has compared the weight of the best or common gold dinar , to the drachin or dirhem of Egypt ( p . 77. ) , which may be equal to two pennies ( 48 grains ) of our Troy weight ( Hooper's Enquiry into Ancient Measures , p . 24 ...
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... historian who presumes to analyse this extraordinary composition should suspect his own ignorance and that of his Byzantine guides , so prone to the marvel- lous , so careless , and , in this instance , so jealous of the truth . From ...
... historian who presumes to analyse this extraordinary composition should suspect his own ignorance and that of his Byzantine guides , so prone to the marvel- lous , so careless , and , in this instance , so jealous of the truth . From ...
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... founded in truth and reason . He sustains the part of a lively and eloquent advocate ; and sometimes rises to the merit of an historian and philosopher . 166 the shores of the ocean . In the public CHAP . LII . ] 13 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
... founded in truth and reason . He sustains the part of a lively and eloquent advocate ; and sometimes rises to the merit of an historian and philosopher . 166 the shores of the ocean . In the public CHAP . LII . ] 13 OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE .
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... historian Abulfeda , " both " horse and foot , was under arms , which together made a body of " one hundred and sixty thousand men . His state officers , the " favourite slaves , stood near him in splendid apparel , their belts ...
... historian Abulfeda , " both " horse and foot , was under arms , which together made a body of " one hundred and sixty thousand men . His state officers , the " favourite slaves , stood near him in splendid apparel , their belts ...
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