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... escaped to Moful ; but the colours of the Abbaffides were displayed from the 36 Al Hemar . He had been governor of Mefopotamia , and the Arabic proverb praises the courage of that warlike breed of affes who never fly from an enemy . The ...
... escaped to Moful ; but the colours of the Abbaffides were displayed from the 36 Al Hemar . He had been governor of Mefopotamia , and the Arabic proverb praises the courage of that warlike breed of affes who never fly from an enemy . The ...
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... escaped from fhipwreck and hunger , neither found nor deserved mercy at the hands of their implacable purfuers . The fword and the gibbet reduced the dangerous multitude of captives ; and the remainder was more usefully employed , to ...
... escaped from fhipwreck and hunger , neither found nor deserved mercy at the hands of their implacable purfuers . The fword and the gibbet reduced the dangerous multitude of captives ; and the remainder was more usefully employed , to ...
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... escaped with the emperor from the field of battle . They breathed at Dorylæum , at the dif tance of three days ; and Theophilus , reviewing his trembling fquadrons , forgave the common flight both of the prince and people . After this ...
... escaped with the emperor from the field of battle . They breathed at Dorylæum , at the dif tance of three days ; and Theophilus , reviewing his trembling fquadrons , forgave the common flight both of the prince and people . After this ...
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... escaped from the Barbarians was often ftripped and imprisoned by the ministers of his fovereign : the Greek fuperftition relaxed the mind by prayer , and emaciated the body . by fast- ing ; and the multitude of convents and festivals ...
... escaped from the Barbarians was often ftripped and imprisoned by the ministers of his fovereign : the Greek fuperftition relaxed the mind by prayer , and emaciated the body . by fast- ing ; and the multitude of convents and festivals ...
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... escaped the injuries of time . In every station , the reader might con- template the image of the paft world , apply the leffon or warning of each page , and learn to ad- mire , perhaps to imitate , the examples of a brighter period . I ...
... escaped the injuries of time . In every station , the reader might con- template the image of the paft world , apply the leffon or warning of each page , and learn to ad- mire , perhaps to imitate , the examples of a brighter period . I ...
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