The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volum 8John Murray, 1903 |
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... less than six years they had measured a line of ninety degrees of longi- tude , a fourth part of the circumference of the globe . The great rivers of Asia and Europe , the Volga and Kama , the Don and Borysthenes , the Vistula and ...
... less than six years they had measured a line of ninety degrees of longi- tude , a fourth part of the circumference of the globe . The great rivers of Asia and Europe , the Volga and Kama , the Don and Borysthenes , the Vistula and ...
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... less atrocious than the treatment of the fugitives , who had been allured from the woods under a promise of peace and pardon , and who were coolly slaughtered as soon as they had performed the labours of the harvest and vintage . In the ...
... less atrocious than the treatment of the fugitives , who had been allured from the woods under a promise of peace and pardon , and who were coolly slaughtered as soon as they had performed the labours of the harvest and vintage . In the ...
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... Less potent than Alexander , they were pressed , the Greek like the Macedonian , both in Europe and Asia , by the the Moguls , shepherds of Scythia ; and had the Tartars undertaken the siege , Constantinople must have yielded to the ...
... Less potent than Alexander , they were pressed , the Greek like the Macedonian , both in Europe and Asia , by the the Moguls , shepherds of Scythia ; and had the Tartars undertaken the siege , Constantinople must have yielded to the ...
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... less rapid or important in Europe . No sooner had he imposed a regular form of servitude on the Servians and Bulga- rians than he passed the Danube to seek new enemies and new sub- jects in the heart of Moldavia . " Whatever yet adhered ...
... less rapid or important in Europe . No sooner had he imposed a regular form of servitude on the Servians and Bulga- rians than he passed the Danube to seek new enemies and new sub- jects in the heart of Moldavia . " Whatever yet adhered ...
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... less honourable perhaps , is not less lucrative than that of a bookseller ; nor can it be deemed incredible that a Persian , the real author , should renounce the credit , to raise the value and price , of the work . The original of the ...
... less honourable perhaps , is not less lucrative than that of a bookseller ; nor can it be deemed incredible that a Persian , the real author , should renounce the credit , to raise the value and price , of the work . The original of the ...
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