The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: In Eight Volumes, Volum 2Baudry's European Library, 1840 |
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... tion to exercise their skill and to elevate their hopes . At the well- known passage of Abydus , on the Hellespont , the Mahometan arms were transported , for the first time , * from Asia to Europe . From thence , wheeling round the ...
... tion to exercise their skill and to elevate their hopes . At the well- known passage of Abydus , on the Hellespont , the Mahometan arms were transported , for the first time , * from Asia to Europe . From thence , wheeling round the ...
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... tion was less complete , it was owing to the experience which had taught the Moslems to remain at a safe distance , or to the perfidy of ( 12 ) The caliph had emptied two baskets of eggs and of figs , which he swallowed alternately ...
... tion was less complete , it was owing to the experience which had taught the Moslems to remain at a safe distance , or to the perfidy of ( 12 ) The caliph had emptied two baskets of eggs and of figs , which he swallowed alternately ...
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... tion of the Thracian peasants . An army of Bulgarians was at- tracted from the Danube by the gifts and promises of Leo ; and these savage auxiliaries made some atonement for the evils which they had inflicted on the empire , by the ...
... tion of the Thracian peasants . An army of Bulgarians was at- tracted from the Danube by the gifts and promises of Leo ; and these savage auxiliaries made some atonement for the evils which they had inflicted on the empire , by the ...
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... tion , that this gift of heaven , this peculiar blessing of the Romans , should never be communicated to any foreign nation that the prince and subject were alike bound to religious silence under the temporal and spiritual penalties of ...
... tion , that this gift of heaven , this peculiar blessing of the Romans , should never be communicated to any foreign nation that the prince and subject were alike bound to religious silence under the temporal and spiritual penalties of ...
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... tion irregular and factious , and their throne was cemented with the most holy and noble blood of Arabia . The best of their race , the pious Omar , was dissatisfied with his own title : their personal vir- tues were insufficient to ...
... tion irregular and factious , and their throne was cemented with the most holy and noble blood of Arabia . The best of their race , the pious Omar , was dissatisfied with his own title : their personal vir- tues were insufficient to ...
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