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Side 6
From motives of zeal and curiosity, the court of the great khan in the xiiith century
was visited by two friars, John de Plano Carpini, and William Rubruquis, and by
Marco Polo, a Venetian gentleman. The Latin relations of the two former are ...
From motives of zeal and curiosity, the court of the great khan in the xiiith century
was visited by two friars, John de Plano Carpini, and William Rubruquis, and by
Marco Polo, a Venetian gentleman. The Latin relations of the two former are ...
Side 15
... khan, that the sons of God and of Zingis were invested with a divine power to
subdue or extirpate the nations; and that the pope would be involved in the
universal destruction, unless he visited in person and as a suppliant the royal
horde.
... khan, that the sons of God and of Zingis were invested with a divine power to
subdue or extirpate the nations; and that the pope would be involved in the
universal destruction, unless he visited in person and as a suppliant the royal
horde.
Side 27
After his peaceful establishment on the throne of Constantinople, the Greek
emperor visited his Turkish ally, who, with four sons, by various wives, expected
him at Scutari, on the Asiatic shore. The two princes partook, with seeming
cordiality, ...
After his peaceful establishment on the throne of Constantinople, the Greek
emperor visited his Turkish ally, who, with four sons, by various wives, expected
him at Scutari, on the Asiatic shore. The two princes partook, with seeming
cordiality, ...
Side 40
But we long to escape from the petty feuds of the pastoral chief. tain to the
triumphs and the legislation of the conqueror of the world.—M. * According to the
memoirs he was so called 3. a Shaikh, who, when visited by his mother on his
birth, ...
But we long to escape from the petty feuds of the pastoral chief. tain to the
triumphs and the legislation of the conqueror of the world.—M. * According to the
memoirs he was so called 3. a Shaikh, who, when visited by his mother on his
birth, ...
Side 53
I have expatiated on the personal anecdotes which mark the character of the
Mogul hero; but I shall briefly mention” that he erected on the ruins of Bagdad a
pyramid of ninety thousand heads; again visited Georgia; encamped and bag. on
the ...
I have expatiated on the personal anecdotes which mark the character of the
Mogul hero; but I shall briefly mention” that he erected on the ruins of Bagdad a
pyramid of ninety thousand heads; again visited Georgia; encamped and bag. on
the ...
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